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Angela A Stanton, PhD
2025-07-20 11:43:48
I calibrate my monitor quite often to ensure great quality and consistent colors between pictures. In the past I used a competing brand simply because at that time that brand was less expensive and I thought.. well why not! This was several years ago. When the Spider 4 Elite came out, I decided to replace my other brand for a couple of reasons. 1) Way easier to use and 2) it came with a stand to stand next to my monitor at a very easy reach. Now, to elaborate on some of these that were to me important:1) Easier to use: it is really easy to use. As the other brand, the Spider 4 Elite also comes with an ambient light measure. The difference however is that the other brand measures it and tells you whereas the Spider 4 Elite measures, tells you, AND adjusts the monitor accordingly. I have tested this such that I had my shades pulled open and closed and anywhere in between where I thought the light was to my liking. The Spider 4 Elite told me that forget about opening the shades because the light is out of control! I loved that! Now I know precisely where to keep my shades to be comfortable for me to see my keyboard without interfering with my monitor! LOVE that!2) The stand... you'd think "no big deal" but yes, it is! The other brand had to sit either on top of the monitor--which made it fall on several occasions--or just lay on the top of my computer desk, in which case it often had things end up on it or knocking it off the desk all together. The Spider 4 Elite comes with its own stand, which places the measuring unit vertically suspended and out of the way but next to the monitor, making it very easy to attach to the monitor and re-calibrate in one second. It also has a blue flashing light letting you know that it is "alive" and is monitoring your ambient light, making adjustments to your monitor such that even if your ambient light changes (within limit), the calibration "follows" to set your monitor brighter or dimmer in response to what light you have in your office. This is great for ongoing minor adjustments so I can keep on working and have consistent results even with some changes in my room light.And although I did not list a 3rd point earlier, I must add a 3rd: the price has come down to the point where I find the Spider 4 Elite a better deal given the other 2 points I just listed. It can also calibrate my printer, which I have not yet done since I normally send my work to a professional printing lab rather than printing at home.
BengalStar
2025-05-27 14:32:56
I calibrated 2 screens using Spyder 4 colorimeter and datacolor provided software, then I did something I won't do normally: I returned everything!First I calibrated my high gamut ASUS PA279Q 27" set in standard mode, result was rather good which means that calibration removed a slight green cast and whites were neutral maybe slightly on the warm side (expected). Profiling result was quite good too when in Photoshop, correcting the wide gamut over saturation. To be honest though, the ASUS provided factory profile was OK too besides the minimal green cast (which I could have corrected by hand).So encouraged by this first result, not spectacular but at least showing some progress, I then calibrated my Surface Pro first generation (Samsung?) display. To put this in context one can download a couple profiles for the Surface Pro from the Internet made with the X-Rite instrument which are just fine. So what was my surprise when my screen looked like being transported on the Planet Mars when using the Spyder 4. I tried all the spectral profiles provided by Datacolor for LED screen technologies... with the same horrible result: a strong and totally unacceptable red cast.I then installed Argyll software with DispCalGUI to see if there was any improvement. To my surprise (again) the results were very similar (reddish). This proves in my opinion the Spyder 4 is very consistent but not capable of dealing accurately with some screens color spectrum. It was also apparent in DispCal GUI that the red channel - when doing the white point - was measured as very dark explaining the subsequent red boost in the calibration LUT curves.OK so maybe I got a defective instrument or maybe I made a mistake. Or maybe the technology of Spyder 4 needs some refreshing. One of the reasons I bought Spyder 4 was the 7 filters that are advertised. After looking further, I read their patent and realized that they use edge filters with multiple sensors, so it not a direct measure. Maybe the reconstruction of the CIE filter curves is not so good with production units, maybe the provided profiles are outdated. I don't know really what is going on but no one should have to guess or go though such complications!
Eric Johansen
2025-05-24 11:04:37
I purchased the Spyder4Elite with the main purpose of calibrating a triple monitor setup (1x BenQ XL2420TX and 2x BenQ XL2420T) via NVIDIA Surround on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The calibration process went fairly smoothly - with just a couple hiccups with buggy software (this software, although it works, is pretty much a piece of crap - you can tell color calibration is their game, not software - it crashes fairly frequently) and a calibration unit that you pretty much have to hold up the entire time. The difference is night and day. And I feel it is worth the cost, especially because I can calibrate my other computers (2013 11" Apple MacBook Air for one - not as dramatic of a difference after calibration, but still improved).The software only asked me to adjust the brightness on my monitor - once that was done, I adjusted the two flanking monitors to the same number and the software did the rest (using Windows color profiles to set the color).None of the hiccups were big enough to warrant the knocking off of a star. It is a bit expensive, but I feel the capability to use this on multiple setups makes it OK. In fact, I'm traveling with it this weekend to calibrate a friends monitor. I suppose if you were an enterprising individual, you could charge some bucks for the service and pay back the cost of the unit. Heh.
Scott Gibson
2025-05-14 13:24:56
To put it simply, this is a remarkable tool which is easy to use and provides excellent results for complex calibration.I work as a video editor and have spent the past year with an uncalibrated dual-screen setup (one for workspace, one for preview). My so-called 'Preview' monitor was displaying what I would consider washed out images with barely any dynamic range. This made the screen useless for colour correction or grading and I ended up having to use my workspace screen to do such tasks.Since buying this new product I have noticed an incredible difference in the representation of colour information on both screens - I calibrated my main display with the simple step-by-step process and then did the same with my secondary monitor. Now when working on both screens I am presented with the same picture on both.A must buy for any creative professional!
Cyrille Legorgeu
2025-04-12 11:06:37
Facile à installer et à utiliser la Spyder 4 permet de générer un profil icc pour son écran de PC. La calibration est indispensable dès qu'on fait du développement de photo RAW avec Lightroom ou de la retouche avec Photoshop, pour ne pas faire n'importe quoi. Le logiciel speaks French. Il est possible de calibrer un vidéoprojecteur connecté comme moniteur sur un PC. En revanche pour un home cinéma Datacolor propose le kit TVHD qui est une arnaque pour les vidéoprojecteurs HC car on ne peut régler que la luminosité et le contraste. Il vaut mieux utiliser le logiciel HCFR qui reconnait la Spyder 4 comme sonde. Il est beaucoup plus complexe à utiliser mais donne des résultats spectaculaires. Donc avec le même Spyder 4 on peut à la fois utiliser le logiciel Datacolor pour les écran de PC et le logiciel HCFR pour les vidéoprojecteur en utilisation home cinema.Juste après mon achat Datacolor a sorti la Spyder 5. Merci Amazon de n'avoir pas anticipé l'annonce !
Christian Morrison
2025-04-08 13:20:43
We are using this in our small design practice to profile 2 Macbook Pro Retina laptops and one desktop Mac as well as some Thunderbolt displays. The setup of our studio isn't perfect as far as ambient light goes but this little bugger does its level best to get the displays all giving the same result! I highly recommend this device as the basis for the calibration workflow. Our next job is to start profiling our digital printers.
MD ABOOBACKER SIDDIQUE
2025-02-16 12:45:21
superb
Tim S.
2024-12-11 13:11:20
Ich wollte mir schon länger einen eigenen Kalibrierer für meine Monitore bestellen und so nahm ich ein Blitzangebot für den Spyder4Elite wahr, welches ich natürlich umgehend bestellt habe.Ich drucke viele meiner Fotos von 10x15cm, A4, A3 bis Poster/Leinwand etc. Hier ist mir schon öfters aufgefallen das starke Farb und Helligkeitsunterschiede bestehen. Ein einmaliges kalibrieren mit hilfe eines Gerätes eines Freundes half zwar, jedoch war die Freude nicht sehr lange: Nach ca. 3Monaten fing es von vorne an und wurde immer schlimmer, da offensichtlich der Monitor langsam an Helligkeitsleistung verlor. Ca. 10Tage vor der Bestellung des Spyder4Elite habe ich mir nochden BenQ XL2720Z geholt, der 3Profil schnell Tasten hat, da ich auch einfach so am PC bin und nicht nur Druckfotos mache, ist dies die perfekte Kombination.Zu Versand und Verpackung: War wie immer sehr sehr schnell. Alles Luftpolsterdicht eingepackt, das nichts kaputt geht.Zum Spyder4Elite: Ich habe mir die Unterschiede zwischen Elite, Pro und Express ganz genau angeschaut und gemerkt, das es einen haufen Unterschiede zwischen allen 3Versionen gibt. Der Pro reicht eigentlich für das Hobby aus, aber das Angebot war einfach zu verlockend. Die Software ist verständlich und einfach Aufgebaut, man wird Schritt für Schritt durchgeführt. Die Vielfalt der Einstellungen sind nicht schlecht und dank meines Monitors, kann ich auch zwischen Kalibriert und "Normal" switchen. Der Umgebungslichtsensor der erst ab der Pro Version drin ist, zeigt mir wie ich für den Druck das Licht "einstellen" sollte. Das macht nur Sinn wenn man das Umgebungslicht so einstellt wie es immer ist wenn man Bilder für den Druck macht.Fazit: Eigentlich reicht die Pro Version aus, ich habe jedoch bereits schon mehrere Funktionen der Elite Version ausprobiert, die mehr als Vielversprechend sind. Wer die Chance hat einen Spyder4Elite im Angebot zu ergattern: Holt Ihn euch! Das Preis/Leistungsverhältnis ist der Hammer und spart viel unnötige Tinte und Papier.
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