I'm encouraged by the fact that my Spyder3 was able to get very good results with the Samsung 220WM and I believe it will work great with my new Dell monitor.Īs far as the differences between the Spyder3 Elite and Pro software, I don't know any more than that the Elite gives you more custom options. Remembering some old posts, the Spyder2 gave some users good results, some hated it. As a nice consumer monitor it was fine, but the monitor profile from Samsung was incompatiple with Photoshop. I can't explain why the Spyder2 Pro gave crappy results on the Samsung 220WM, but that was an unexplainable monitor in its own right. I calibrated my IBM Lenovo T61P with the old puck, which seemed to work fine the first time around, even with 2.2 6500 (I think). It is a list of features that really doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I have seen the difference between Pro and Elite, but honestly I don't understand it. I am curious, with the Samsung 220WM, do you think Spyder 3 Pro would have worked equally well? Is the problem with the Spyder 2 because of the monitor types that are supported? I must have overlooked it because I noticed it said 2.2 native was for projectors.
See the links in my previous post which illustrate what you get with the Elite software vs. I will be calibrating my new Dell 2209WA this weekend with the Spyder3 Elite. I got VERY good results using the Spyder3 Elite on the Samsung 220WM, and the Spyder3 was incredibly fast. I could not get a good result the Spyder2 Pro on my budget priced Samsung 220WM 22" LCD. I got superb results using the Spyder2 Pro on my older Dell Ultrasharp 19" LCD. To sum up MY experience with the Spyder products: The hardware and software have improved, but those two points haven't changed. There were several older threads on this forum discussing the Spyder2 series, and they mostly agreed that the Spyder calibration software works best with 2.2 Native on an LCD monitor. I think back then you were so intent on "following the directions" that you overlooked it. I recommended Native and NOT touching the RGB sliders back on the second page of this thread. Would you recommend using RGB sliders? Seems automatic mode works well now that I used 2.2 Native instead of using 2.2 - 6500 as recommended.ĥD III, 24-105mm f/4 L, 135mm f/2 L, 70-200mm f/4 IS L, 580EX II How much better is the software for Elite? What would I really get with Elite software?
Seems I am not getting notified for many new posts.Īnyway, I was curious about the Spyder 3 Elite, I have both pucks now, since they sent me a replacement and it was an Elite version, although the only difference is it is shiny. Off topic: Another post I didn't get notified for.
"It doesn't matter how you get there if you don't know where you're going!" …p?p=10864029#post10864029 And the Spyder3 was fast! Can't wait to use it with my new Dell monitor. I calibrated my Samsung 22" LCD last week and the results were much better than any I could achieve with the older Spyder2 Pro.
The "pucks" are identical, but the Spyder3 Pro is more Wizard based, with limited custom selections and options.)īTW. (What I didn't realize is that the relationship between the Spyder3 Pro and Elite is like the relationship between the old Spyder2 Express and Pro. I checked the comparison chart on Datacolor's website and it seems the Spyder3 Pro does NOT have the Expert Console nor the ability to set Custom Black/White Luminance targets. I have the Spyder3 Elite and the target White and Black Luminance settings are accessed when you select " Expert Console " under the Actions menu. But I don't see a luminance reading on mine at all unless I do the RGB option.