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Spyder 4 Express calibration WAY off

Spyder 4 Express calibration WAY off

2017-06-24 by ericpedersenphotography@...

I have a spyder 4 express, I used it recently to calibrate my laptop screen (Sony svs15), the color came out way off, it's extremely pink. I've tried redoing it a few times, with different amounts of ambient light, all turns out the same. Is my spyder bad? I used the original CD software, which isn't the current version. But the current version I downloaded from datacolor's website freezes every time halfway through the calibration. Kind of frustrating. This thing has only been used once or twice in the past.


Re: Spyder 4 Express calibration WAY off

2017-06-25 by JN2@...

Same thing happened with my Spyder 3 Express. Turned out to be hardware failure. Is yours still under warranty? Mine wasn't, so I replaced it with a 4 Express, which works fine.

Re: [datacolor_group] Spyder 4 Express calibration WAY off

2017-06-25 by David Miller

> On Jun 24, 2017, at 11:49 AM, ericpedersenphotography@... [datacolor_group] <datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a spyder 4 express, I used it recently to calibrate my laptop screen (Sony svs15), the color came out way off, it's extremely pink.  I've tried redoing it a few times, with different amounts of ambient light, all turns out the same.  Is my spyder bad?  I used the original CD software, which isn't the current version. But the current version I downloaded from datacolor's website freezes every time halfway through the calibration.  Kind of frustrating.  This thing has only been used once or twice in the past.
> 
> 
> 

I’m not aware of any issues with Spyder4Express software freezing. The last software update we
did on it, in February 2016 (version 4.5.9) is the latest, so it’s been out for more than a year.

This sounds like a system issue (not related to the Spyder4Express software or hardware). Please open
a support ticket with Datacolor support and they can work with you on it.

Best regards,

David Miller
Manager/Lead Developer
Consumer Graphics Software
Datacolor

Re: [datacolor_group] Spyder 4 Express calibration WAY off

2017-06-25 by David Miller

> On Jun 25, 2017, at 10:40 AM, JN2@... [datacolor_group] <datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> With respect, David, I reported the same software problem with my Spyder 3 Express in May 2016. Ticket ZGE-837-67242.
> 
> 

I’ll check about that with support tomorrow (Monday). Thanks for the heads-up!

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