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I ordered Spyder 3 Pro to complement my HP LP2475W monitor. The goal to edit photographs only once so that whatever is printed looks more or less like what is seen on the monitor. The far most important issue is the details in the shadows and highlights and the overall brightness. Colors come second.
Now my Spyder 3 on its way and I am learning that it is actually impossible to correct the monitor brightness using Spyder3Pro.
Is that is so the colorimeters goes straight back to the reseller as I see no point in having a colorimeter that cannot conduct brightness adjustments no matter how convenient and fast it is. If there is still a reliable way to do it I am keeping it. Any advices in this regard ? I do not want to unpack the software before seeing what it does as it will invalidate the return option for the whole package.
Does DataColor have some kind of trial software that I could download and see what it does first ?

On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:17 PM, vchavarha wrote:

> I ordered Spyder 3 Pro to complement my HP LP2475W monitor. The goal  
> to edit photographs only once so that whatever is printed looks more  
> or less like what is seen on the monitor. The far most important  
> issue is the details in the shadows and highlights and the overall  
> brightness. Colors come second.
> Now my Spyder 3 on its way and I am learning that it is actually  
> impossible to correct the monitor brightness using Spyder3Pro.

Spyder3Pro has an ambient light function that allows you to measure  
the light in your work area, and defines a target which will adjust  
the display adjustment to be appropriate to that ambient light level.  
So you can adjust your display brightness with Spyder3Pro, you just  
can't adjust it numerically, as you can with Spyder3Elite. Most Pro  
users aren't particularly comfortable with Candelas per Meter Squared,  
so we try to make it as simple and effective as possible for them.


C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...

Thanks David !
So in other words the liminance is only for the comfortable level and should not affect the appearence of my photographs in print ?

Relating screen brightness to ambient light does serve the purpose of  
avoiding uncomfortable glare; but that doesn't mean it's only about  
comfort, it's also about screen to print matching.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Sep 1, 2009, at 5:22 PM, "vchavarha" <vadim_c@...> wrote:

> Thanks David !
> So in other words the liminance is only for the comfortable level  
> and should not affect the appearence of my photographs in print ?
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