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Product Features
- 16 Calibration Target Choices
- Third generation of the Spyder range
- Increases light sensitivity 400%
- Super-Fast ReCAL Option for re-calibrating monitors
- Intelligent Ambient Light Control
- New Real-time calibration monitoring
- New Cross-platform compatibility
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Datacolor Spyder 3 Pro
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145 of 148 people found the following review helpful
Excellent product as far as it goes but be aware that if the reason (like me) you are buying this device is due to having prints that are too dark or light relative to your monitor, (as well as unusually colored) then it will _not_ fix all of your problems with the software provided.
The "Pro" level software does not provide you with a measure of luminance (to help with brightness adjustment to the recommended level) and only asks you to set everything back to your monitor defaults and then adjust the brightness to a level you choose manually.
After purchase, if fixing the colours is not sufficient for your needs and you want help in setting the brightness (which the device _can_ obviously measure) you will be forced to pay for a 65euro (?) upgrade to the "Elite" level software.
I find this type of (I assume) marketing decision to be enormously frustrating, as what seems a very basic function has been cut off in software to enable Datacolor to sell a software upgrade.
So Overall, a good (5 star) product but with software which is limited in a fundamental, self defeating and confusing way (minus 4 stars).
Workaround:
As this simple measurement is the only major limitation with the package I've found some free software (HCFR Colorimeter) that can use the spyder 3 sensor (and the original spyder3.dll installed off the cd, not the version from the online update) and get a luminance reading that can be used to make accurate brightness adjustments to 120cd/m^2 before calibration with the Spyder software (which is otherwise excellent and easy to use).
I suppose I could be accused of buying the wrong product, but honestly, most of the buyers of consumer products of this type just don't know enough not to trust the manufacturers recommendations that this product is suitable for "Serious photographers and creative pros", and finding later that really basic functions have been cut off (serious photographers and creative pros apparently aren't interested in brightness ... orlly?) is just incredibly annoying and frustrating.
The "Pro" level software does not provide you with a measure of luminance (to help with brightness adjustment to the recommended level) and only asks you to set everything back to your monitor defaults and then adjust the brightness to a level you choose manually.
After purchase, if fixing the colours is not sufficient for your needs and you want help in setting the brightness (which the device _can_ obviously measure) you will be forced to pay for a 65euro (?) upgrade to the "Elite" level software.
I find this type of (I assume) marketing decision to be enormously frustrating, as what seems a very basic function has been cut off in software to enable Datacolor to sell a software upgrade.
So Overall, a good (5 star) product but with software which is limited in a fundamental, self defeating and confusing way (minus 4 stars).
Workaround:
As this simple measurement is the only major limitation with the package I've found some free software (HCFR Colorimeter) that can use the spyder 3 sensor (and the original spyder3.dll installed off the cd, not the version from the online update) and get a luminance reading that can be used to make accurate brightness adjustments to 120cd/m^2 before calibration with the Spyder software (which is otherwise excellent and easy to use).
I suppose I could be accused of buying the wrong product, but honestly, most of the buyers of consumer products of this type just don't know enough not to trust the manufacturers recommendations that this product is suitable for "Serious photographers and creative pros", and finding later that really basic functions have been cut off (serious photographers and creative pros apparently aren't interested in brightness ... orlly?) is just incredibly annoying and frustrating.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I've struggled for some time in profiling monitor output to printer output. As a pro photographer I know about matching ICC profiles to papers, inks ect but to no avail!!! The last link in the chain was the monitor profile. After several hours researching on the web the Spyder 3 Pro looked the best value for money without going to the top pro calibrators.
Usual brilliant Amazon delivery service & WOW!!! Wished I'd bought this sooner!!
I've had low end calibrators before but they were pretty useless! This is the one! Realy easy to install & set up & after one calibration run - almost perfect!! The difference is the new engine built into this new generation of calibrators & the improved software. With little tweaking now my prints are pretty much bang on! One suggestion though is to recalibrate weekly - do it!! Ambient light levels & monitor output always varies so do it weekly - I do!!
Hope this helps !! ;-)
Usual brilliant Amazon delivery service & WOW!!! Wished I'd bought this sooner!!
I've had low end calibrators before but they were pretty useless! This is the one! Realy easy to install & set up & after one calibration run - almost perfect!! The difference is the new engine built into this new generation of calibrators & the improved software. With little tweaking now my prints are pretty much bang on! One suggestion though is to recalibrate weekly - do it!! Ambient light levels & monitor output always varies so do it weekly - I do!!
Hope this helps !! ;-)
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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I'm very impressed with this product, it does exactly what it says it does, it calibrates your screen, keeping a careful virtual eye on the ambient light adjusting your screen to accommodate.
Having used another calibration tool for a year (the standard Huey) the one thing I am really pleased with is how the change in the brightness of the screen is handled, it doesn't appear to jump as quickly, making it far less distracting whilst working on a photograph.
I would recommend this to anyone who cares about what their images look like, and it makes a good starting point for designers. Those who wish to can upgrade to the Spyder3 Elite. Which is well worth the cost for the extra features.
The "small" things that let the product down are:
* The counter balance for the screen calibrator has no instructions on how to use it. It is quite simple to adjust by simply gently but firmly pulling the weight that it close to the USB plug, but if you have just spent over a ton on this kind of product, you are unlikely to want to be pulling on wires, the manual should cover this, or at the very least a small sticker on the weight itself would have been pretty easy to produce!
* The software doesn't seem to recognise and iMac in the list of options, which considering the kind of market this is aimed for seems a bit of an oversight, LCD is the best option to go for, but it should really list these models separately, even if it is a duplicate set of settings, it would be much more user friendly.
* The sucker cup simply didn't work on my screen dropping off after about a minute, reminding me of one of those pop up sucker toys from my childhood, except they didn't cost as much as this, I found this pretty useless and not worth the bother, the counter weight works better.
Overall a good product, let down by some silly oversights, but has a decent 2 year warranty and checks for updates automatically. These complaints are small, the product is well worth investing in!
The only other thing I would like is an option in the Spyder3Utility to turn the calibration off and on more easily.
Having used another calibration tool for a year (the standard Huey) the one thing I am really pleased with is how the change in the brightness of the screen is handled, it doesn't appear to jump as quickly, making it far less distracting whilst working on a photograph.
I would recommend this to anyone who cares about what their images look like, and it makes a good starting point for designers. Those who wish to can upgrade to the Spyder3 Elite. Which is well worth the cost for the extra features.
The "small" things that let the product down are:
* The counter balance for the screen calibrator has no instructions on how to use it. It is quite simple to adjust by simply gently but firmly pulling the weight that it close to the USB plug, but if you have just spent over a ton on this kind of product, you are unlikely to want to be pulling on wires, the manual should cover this, or at the very least a small sticker on the weight itself would have been pretty easy to produce!
* The software doesn't seem to recognise and iMac in the list of options, which considering the kind of market this is aimed for seems a bit of an oversight, LCD is the best option to go for, but it should really list these models separately, even if it is a duplicate set of settings, it would be much more user friendly.
* The sucker cup simply didn't work on my screen dropping off after about a minute, reminding me of one of those pop up sucker toys from my childhood, except they didn't cost as much as this, I found this pretty useless and not worth the bother, the counter weight works better.
Overall a good product, let down by some silly oversights, but has a decent 2 year warranty and checks for updates automatically. These complaints are small, the product is well worth investing in!
The only other thing I would like is an option in the Spyder3Utility to turn the calibration off and on more easily.
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