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Datacolor SpyderX Pro – Monitor Calibration Designed for Serious Photographers and Designers SXP100

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THE FASTEST SPYDER EVER: Calibrating your monitor to achieve color precision now takes just a minute or two – several times faster than previous models.
THE MOST ACCURATE SPYDER EVER: Groundbreaking lens-based color engine provides a higher level of color accuracy for multiple monitors. SpyderX Pro features room-light monitoring, automatic profile changing and significantly more precise screen color, shadow detail and white balance.
.THE EASIEST-TO-USE SPYDER EVER: SpyderX Pro is so intuitive, you don’t have to be a color expert. It features quick and easy single-click calibration and wizard workflow with 12 predefined calibration targets for advanced color accuracy.
SEE THE DIFFERENCE INSTANTLY: SpyderProof functionality provides before-and-after evaluation of your display and allows you to see the difference using your own images.
MONITOR TECHNOLOGIES CHANGE AND IMPROVE OVER TIME: SpyderX Pro assures you support for the latest screen types, recent resolutions and gamuts.

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Superior Colorimeter Technology Based on years of research, SpyderX is a completely new, more accurate way of measuring color. Our groundbreaking lens-based color engine technology features higher light sensitivity and more advanced sensors, so you can experience significantly more precise screen color, white balance and shadow detail.	Intuitive Software Whether you are looking for a quick calibration or a customized color profile, SpyderX gives you easy-to-use solutions. SpyderX Pro offers One-click Calibration and Step-by-step Assistant modes, along with interactive help every step of the way.	Calibrate All Of Your Monitors SpyderX allows you to calibrate multiple laptops and desktop monitors and supports the latest display technologies, so you can be confident that your colors are always accurate no matter which of your computers or displays you are working on.


Spyderproof: Before & After With our SpyderProof feature, you’ll see the difference right before your eyes. Just one click allows you to compare your monitor colors before and after calibration and see the nuances that matter most. Try it with a Datacolor composite image or upload your own favorite photos.	Room Light Monitoring SpyderX features an integrated ambient light sensor that can measure your room light throughout the day allowing you to adjust your display brightness and contrast to ideal levels. The software can either warn you to recalibrate or do it automatically using custom profiles based on light level. SpyderX Pro features 5 ambient light settings.	Monitor Performance Analysis It’s important to know how your monitors perform during color-critical work. With the SpyderX Pro basic Display Analysis feature, you can better understand the color, brightness, contrast, gamut, tone response and white point of your monitors.

Supported Languages

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Supported Display Technologies & Usb Protocols

All recent computer display types
USB 1.1, USB 2.X and USB 3.X
USB A plug, also compatible with USB A>C adapters for use in USB C ports

System Requirements

Windows 7 32/64 and above
Mac OS X 10.10 and above
Monitor Resolution 1280x768 or greater
16-bit video card (24-bit recommended)
1GB of available RAM
500MB of available hard disk
Internet connection for software download


	SpyderX Pro Advanced Monitor Calibration	SpyderX Elite Expert Monitor Calibration	Feature Description
Single Click & Wizard Calibration Capability	✓	✓	Fast & easy calibration modes
Multiple Monitor Support/Ambient Light Monitoring&Profile Switching/Before&After Calibration Review	✓	✓	Supports calibration of multiple displays / Can adjust for room light changes / Shows before & after comparison of display calibration
Display Mapping & Analysis Tools	Basic	Advanced	Offers tools to check the quality of your display
Calibration Setting Choices	12	Unlimited	Calibration options (combinations of gamma, white point and brightness)
Expert Console Calibration		✓	All-in-one calibration control panel
Video & Cinema Calibration Targets		✓	Calibration targets for motion work
Soft Proof of Print Results		✓	Soft proofing with print output preview
Projector Calibration		✓	Calibrates digital projectors
Display Matching in Studio		✓	Defines a studio standard for all displays to be matched (StudioMatch)
Visual Fine Tuning for Side-by-side Display Match		✓	Precisely tune side-by-side displays

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SpyderX is the best Spyder ever. SpyderX Pro is designed for serious photographers and designers seeking a fast, accurate and easy-to-use monitor calibration solution in order to set up their color management workflow easily. The SpyderX Pro display calibrator offers the first lens-based color engine of any Spyder product. Years of research and development at Datacolor resulted in a display calibration tool with significantly increased precision, color accuracy, and low light capabilities. With SpyderX Pro, photographers can be sure that what they see on screen is the most accurate representation of the shot they took. When they start editing and they know the color on their monitor is accurate, they can confidently control every aspect of their image. SpyderX Pro has extensive color calibration options, as well as options for matching and tuning multiple displays. The SpyderX is the fastest, most accurate, easiest-to-use monitor calibration tool ever created by Datacolor. The SpyderX Pro gives photographers more confidence and advanced control of their creative vision.

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Style:SpyderX Pro

Product Dimensions

3 x 3 x 1.75 inches

Item Weight

10.2 ounces

ASIN

B07M6KPJ9K

Item model number

SXP100

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2,986 ratings

4.2 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#13,648 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
#59 in Motion Detectors

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

February 11, 2019

Manufacturer

Datacolor

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B. Boyce

This is all you need to know...

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2016

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

Once you question your monitor's color accuracy, in my case when editing photographs, you will suffer the nagging suspicion that your finished product will not be all that it could be. Do yourself a big favor and spend the $100 to give yourself peace of mind. It's well worth it.
Don't even bother calling your professional photographer and graphic artist friends, like I did, to see if they work on calibrated monitors. Just because they don't won't quiet that voice in your head.

The least expensive version of datacolor's colorimeter monitor calibration devices, the Spyder5EXPRESS, has the same sensor as it's two more expensive models and produces the same profiles. It's limitations allow it to work only with a 6500K color temperature and 2.2 gamma, which are the most commonly used settings anyway. A little research online will reveal there is no need to spend an additional $100 for the ability to measure ambient light.

You must go online to register the device and download datacolor's measuring software. Sadly the software provides poor results, as evidenced by the negative reviews you may read. There is nothing wrong with the calibration device, only the results when used with datacolor's software. As recommended by others, download the free DisplayCAL software online for accurate, satisfying results.

Save yourself many hours of research and worry...Buy the Spyder5EXPRESS and use it with DisplayCAL's free software. Even if the results are subtle, you'll know they are correct.

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Paul

Spyder5 Express

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

I have two desktops and two laptops at my home. I started this venture when I sent in photos to be printed out in a photo book and the pictures came out horribly. Low contrast, low brightness and just terrible. I had a copy of one of the digital photos that I had sent to be printed and decided to check it on all of the screens. Well, it looked different on every screen and only looked good on the computer screen that I had used to edit and upload pictures for printing. Calibrated all using the datacolor software and was quite happy with the results. I felt it did a real nice job with the screens I calibrated. A heck of a lot better than what I had. I then decided to test how close all the screens were to being equal by testing each screen with a test digital photo. Although close, there was still some differences but again, not too bad. Three of the screens looked pretty good and one of the laptops was not good. I calibrated the laptop two more times with the same poor results. I bought the laptop for my wife and it is only about 8 months old and not even used all that much.
Anyway I ended up researching my issue and found a lot of useful info as well as a lot of confusing info. I came back to Amazon site to read read reviews that had been posted by owners of the Spyder5 Express. I noticed that several reviews complained that the datacolor software was just ok but there was a lot better software available. The popular Software was DisplayCal and Argyll which work together. DisplayCal is the GUI while Argyll is the software that does all the work.
I figured what do I have to lose and I tried it. It was amazing and the laptop that was very poor, popped back to life again after running the calibration procedure. The calibration procedure takes about two hours but is well worth the time since all of my screens now look even better since I did recalibrate them as well with this new software. I was totally impressed how it brought the problem laptop back to life. In my opinion, the Spyder5 Express works good using the recommended software but works fantastic using DisplayCal and Argyll software. DisplayCal and Argyll are free by the way!! The site does ask for donations and I for one will certainly make a donation because of the fantastic product they have. I am extremely happy with my computer screens now. Now what I see on my screen is what I should see when I get my photos professionally printed.

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Want a real difference? Get the Spyder 4 and software that actually works. Proofing with ICC profiles matters most overall.

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

*** UPDATE 4/29/2015 ***
I returned the Spyder 5 Express, received the Spyder 4 Express, setup up Argyll + dispcalGUI (Datacolor software went straight into the trash), and a calibrated, and THERE WAS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE!! Calibrating your monitor does matter, using a calibration device matters, but MOST IMPORTANTLY the calibration software matters, and the Argyll + dispcalGUI is FAR SUPERIOR to the OEM Datacolor software provided for the Spyder 4 Express and Spyder 5 Express. I'm excited to see how much my prints might improve since I already thought they were great using the steps in my original review. Here's how to setup and calibrate using Argyll + dispcalGUI.

1) Do not install OEM software
2) Download Argyll (http://www.argyllcms.com/) and dispcalGUI standalone version (http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/#download)
3) Set C:/ path for Argyll folder
4) Install Sypder4 usb driver (http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_MSWindows.html#WIN8)
5) Run dispcalGUI then Menu > File > Locate Argyll CMS executables > point to c:/Argyll/bin
6) Menu > Options > enable Show advanced calibration options
7) Configure Advance options like this (http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610)
8) Run measurement tests and adjustment settings
9) Run calibration (in High speed since Medium speed took 1.5 hrs) then save and apply profile

*** ORIGINAL REVIEW 4/16/2015***
I have never calibrated my laptop's monitor in the approximately 2 years I've had it. My commercial prints were coming out too dark, so I purchased this product. The improvement it provided was negligible, much to my surprise and disappointment. The process of getting photos printed with accurate colors involves more than just calibrating your monitor. This is what I have learned:

1) Reduce the brightness of your monitor to approximately 50% then use "Calibrate color" (just search for it), the built-in Windows utility.
2) Download & Install your commercial printer's ICC profile. Sometimes it might be available on their website but you'll probably have to call them and ask what brand & model their photo lab machine is then use Google to find the appropriate ICC profile file (local stores of the same chain seem to have the same models, ex: Walmarts close to where I live all use Fuji Frontier DL 600's)
3) Soft proof your photos in Photoshop using that ICC profile (View > Proof Setup > Custom).
4) Save your photos in the sRGB color space (check with your printer to confirm this).
5) Lastly, but not as important as the previous steps, you can try to print a hard proof on your home printer that will attempt to simulate the final product from your commercial printer, (File > Print > Color Management: Photoshop manages colors; Printer profile = your home printer > Change Normal Printing to Hard Proofing: Proof Setup = appropriate ICC profile)

If you'd still like to get a calibration device then I'd say go for the Spyder 4 since it's less than half the price and the results probably won't be much different. I'm returning this. Argyll + dispcalGUI is widely said to better than any OEM software, but it currently only supports the Spyder 4, so I can't tell if just changing software would give me better calibration results. If it's superior hardware that you desire then get a calibrator from X-Rite which are said to be more accurate, longer-lasting, and have native support from Argyll + dispcalGUI. After following the steps above my prints came out perfectly at Walmart.

Save files for viewing on the web as sRGB which is ideal for most monitors. Others can even download your photo and get prints that are fairly close in color accuracy as well. Hope this helps!

*** Resources ***
Download Argyll
http://www.argyllcms.com/

Download dispcalGUI
http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/

Setup Argyll + dispcalGUI
http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610

ICC Profiles
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/
http://forums.adoramapix.com/entries/228224-Color-calibration-and-custom-correction

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Cameron Oatley

Great hardware, works best when used with "DisplayCAL" instead of the default software

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2018

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

Wonderful and fantastically accurate tool.

I would STRONGLY recommend going for the "Express" version, as all of the versions are actually the same hardware, just with different software features.

But I tried using the default software, and then tried the open source "DisplayCAL" afterward and displayCAL provided noticeably better results.

Save some cash and get better results by getting the express version and using displaycal

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Gerät Top, Software Flop

Reviewed in Germany on August 7, 2018

Style: Spyder5 ProVerified Purchase

Das Gerät tut was es soll. Jedoch ist die Software absolut nicht empfehlenswert! Unverständlich, teilweise schlecht übersetzt und nach jeder Kalibrierung ein anderes Ergebnis!
Ob Express, Pro oder Elite, es ist immer das gleiche Sensor dabei nur die Software ändert sich wohl! Ich kann jedem empfehlen sich das Geld zu sparen, die Express Version kaufen und mit DisplayCAL (OpenSource, kostenlos) zu kalibrieren!

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Jean Bal

Bien meilleure que la Spyder 3 et parfaite avec DisplayCAL

Reviewed in France on August 19, 2017

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

D'abord, précisions une chose importante: la sonde (matérielle) proposée par Datacolor sous les appellations Elite, Express et Pro est exactement identique. C'est une "Spyder 5". Point.
En clair, ces trois produits utilisent le même appareil, il n'y a que le logiciel qui change.

Et ça tombe plutôt bien, car le principale problème de la gamme Spyder est justement lié au logiciel proposé par le fabricant. Car si celui-ci est rapide et relativement facile à utiliser, il est également d'une précision et d'une utilité plus que discutables.

Personnellement, j'utilise cette Spyder 5 avec le logiciel gratuit DisplayCAL (facile à trouver et il est en français), qui est considéré aujourd'hui comme l'un des meilleurs pour l'étalonnage des moniteurs. Son utilisation n'est pas totalement intuitive, mais vous trouverez beaucoup d'explications sur le Net qui vous permettront de vous en sortir. Un étalonnage avec DisplayCAL prend en principe entre une et trois heures (oui, c'est assez long), mais le résultat est généralement irréprochable.
Attention: pour employer la Spyder 5 avec DisplayCAL, il vous faudra télécharger un pilote "Argyll" afin qu'elle soit reconnue par le logiciel. Pas de panique, le fichier d'installation le fait en principe automatiquement.

Jusqu'à aujourd'hui, j'utilisais une sonde Spyder 3 pour calibrer mes trois moniteurs (2 PC, 1 Mac), et j'ai toujours été assez satisfait du résultat obtenu... même s'il fallait parfois recommencer plusieurs fois l'étalonnage pour avoir quelque chose de correct.
Avec la Spyder 5 - plus sensible et qui intègre un capteur de luminosité ambiante - les résultats sont nettement plus homogènes, quelle que soit la plateforme.
Ce n'est peut-être pas une sonde colorimétrique professionnelle haut de gamme, mais elle a de quoi satisfaire les photographes exigeants et les artisans de la vidéo (dont je fais partie).
Matériel tout à fait recommandé... associé à DisplayCAL.

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Riccardo Lulli

Ottimo prodotto ma con un software diverso

Reviewed in Italy on October 6, 2015

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

PREFAZIONE: Nessuno colorimetro al mondo può trasformare un pessimo monitor in un buon monitor. Quello che può fare è rendere un pessimo monitor decente e un ottimo monitor ancora migliore.

La serie Spyder 5 è composta da tre modelli: Express (fascia bassa), Pro (fascia media) ed Elite (fascia alta).
La cosa interessante è che tutti e tre hanno lo stesso sensore! Quindi sono equivalenti in quanto a precisione.
Dove sta la differenza? Nel software. Esso infatti "castra" la fascia bassa e media per renderle meno prestanti (tempi di calibrazione) e con meno opzioni.

Ma c'è una soluzione!
Esiste un software open-source in grado di funzionare correttamente con questo colorimetro e offrire un'infinità (letteralmente) di impostazioni, trasformando quindi il sensore di fascia bassa in uno equivalente a quello di fascia alta.
Il nome del software è DisplayCAL. In realtà questo software funziona come interfaccia grafica per Argyll CMS, che viene scaricato insieme a DisplayCAL dalla pagina di quest ultimo.
Il settaggio iniziale non è intuitivo (vanno installati dei driver alternativi e per farlo bisogna disabilitare il controllo della firma driver nel caso di Windows 10), però tutti i passaggi sono chiaramente spiegati sulla home page di DisplayCAL.

Quindi se siete interessati ad avere un colorimetro per regolare i vostri monitor (e proiettori), il prodotto Spyder 5 Express in combinazione al software DisplayCAL + Argyll CMS vi offrirà una qualità ottima e tutte le impostazioni che possiate desiderare.

Se invece siete professionisti (ambito lavorativo o grandi appassionati) e necessitate della massima precisione vi consiglio il prodotto X-rite i1 Display Pro. La differenza qualitativa è minima ma se vi serve più precisione possibile, la differenza di prezzo non è troppo grande.

RIASSUNTO: Se volete spendere poco prendete Spyder 5 Express e scaricate il software DisplayCAL + Argyll CMS per avere le stesse capacità dei modelli superiori.
Se vi serve qualcosa di ancor più preciso (uso professionale) allora puntate al X-rite i1 Display Pro.

EDIT 05/02/2016: Il programma dispcalGUI ora si chiama DisplayCAL, corretto nella recensione.

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Aaron

For Anybody Serious about Colour Work

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2016

Style: Spyder5 EliteVerified Purchase

Have successfully calibrated all of the monitors at work, home, and on the go. I tend to only do colourwork at home when producing photo prints or film editing, and before using the tool I never realised how different all of my monitors were. The software that comes with the Spyder5 Elite takes you through a simple process that lasts about 15 minutes the first time, and then 5-10 minutes every time you need to re-calibrate (you can set this yourself, Datacolor themselves recommend doing this around once a month).

The difference between the before/after images sometimes has you questioning as to whether the changes made are beneficial, with one being a cooler image, and the other being a warmer image. But this is because your eyes will only spot the difference between the colours, and I have absolute faith in the colorimeter after seeing a print come out almost identical to the one on the screen, whereas before I would find images would come out too warm, too dark, or too lacking in contrast or saturation.

Being able to synchronize different monitors has been a really big positive point of this tool as well, meaning something I produce on my laptop will look almost identical when I drop it on my PC. As for users who have dual, or triple-monitor setups, this will be found useful for getting the colours and brightness to match exactly. The only exception I have found so far is in situations where the monitors use different technologies (i.e. IPS vs LCD), but even then the Spyder5 Elite will take you as close to matching as physically possible.

If you're serious about colourwork, or need different monitors to match up, then this is absolutely a necessary piece of equipment you should have sitting on your desk.

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Peter

Spyder 5 Pro and limitations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2018

Style: Spyder5 ProVerified Purchase

The reason I bought the Spyder 5 Pro, it was a Black Friday deal at £87.75 and was cheaper than the basic unit on the day.

So what is it like..... The puck itself is very solid and I like how the sensor cap acts as a counter weight. Construction wise I can't fault it at all. As a calibration tool it's brilliant. After using this on 3 different monitor I can say with all honesty this is a brilliant calibration puck, It does exactly what its supposed to and I recommend this to anyone looking.
Buy the basic model only as they are all the same. its the extra bits in software your paying for.. More on this aspect further on....

I loaded the software which you have to download from the website and enter serial number which is inside the box.
Once downloaded you click install and away you go. pretty simple really.
Then it stays simple.. I use a BenQ PD2700Q monitor in Srgb mode powered by a Quadro P400 10bit card.
So I set up for calibration, Did room ambient light test and then hung it on the monitor. You will need to tilt monitor back as far as you can go to get the puck to lay flat on the screen. So after a bit of settings changes ie Colour temp. I hit calibrate. Screen flashes a while then does a few tests of colour swatches then told me to reduce my Brightness to match a figure on a bar that pops up on screen. So I dropped to 28% brightness and to all intense and purposes and 20 minutes later that was it. Calibrated.
Now I have the Pro version of the software and to be honest I was not impressed. I wonder what the basic software is like.
So maybe I won the monitor lottery and my BenQ was almost perfect with factory calibration. maybe, but I had this feeling so I went online and did a search for calibrate my monitor etc.

Pretty much every search I looked at said the same, Software is adequate but not ideal, Puck is brilliant. Which matches what reviews on Amazon say. So I downloaded Display Cal as this is recommended both on Amazon reviews and the internet reviews as The calibration software to use.

So I did and what a difference its made. My gamma level was changed to 2 from 2.2
It then proceeded to run a huge amount of tests of colour swatches. Recalibrated profile on the fly as it made more tests and improved whatever it was improving. ( Im not a techie ) So after 57 minutes.. You read right 57 minutes of calibration I was done. The difference is huge and I'm looking at a screen that feels reborn.
Screen shots are from display cal
My monitor displays 105% of Srgb 80% of Adobe as factory spec.

In conclusion. Buy the basic Spyder 5 it is brilliant, Get Display Cal and use that, Also give them 20 euros donation its worth every cent.

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Long Lane

Not 64bit...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2018

Style: Spyder5 ProVerified Purchase

In about a month's time, Apple will release Mojave which will limit the ability to run 32 bit applications, which Spyder5Pro sadly is. So I just bought a nice piece of colour calibration kit which is potentially obsolete in a month unless I want to be held back... If I had know before I would have stayed away from it.

Addition: I have removed a further star based on Datacolor's response which I find to be pretty aloof.

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Hypo

Hardware OK die Software ist Schrott. (AS7264N & 8051 Inside.)

Reviewed in Germany on December 10, 2019

Style: SpyderX ProVerified Purchase

Ob man den Pro oder die Elite Version kauft ist von der Hardware her egal.
Diese ist immer gleich, nur die Software unterscheidet sich.
Der Spyder X ist soweit ordentlich verarbeitet
Damit kommen wir zum ersten Punkt, der Code für die Software klebt als schlecht gedruckter Sticker schief unten in der Verpackung.
Die Art und Weise wie die Lizenz geliefert wird und dann das diese noch mit E-Mail Adresse aktiviert werden muss. Ehrlich das ist so lustlos wie die gesamte Software.
Wie wäre es wenn ihr die Software an die Seriennummer der Hardware koppelt.
Und dann die Möglichkeit eine Upgrade . (Wenn die Software gut wäre)

Der Spyder X ist ordentlich verarbeitet das Gehäuse macht einen guten Eindruck.
Das Kabel macht weniger was her. Das Kabel wirkt einfach nur billig. Und zwischen Deckel und Sensor wird es vermutlich irgendwann einfach brechen. Die Ferritperle am Stecker lässt ja auch vermuten, dass man hier wenig Vertrauen in die Schirmung von Kabel hat.

Bei meinem Exemplar kann noch hinzu das auf der Innenseite der Linse irgendwelche Reste von der Fertigung lagen. Es sind zum Glück nur 5 Schrauben und etwas Druckluft nötig um das zu beheben. Nebenbei kann man dann ja auch seine Neugierde befriedigen.
Sollte ja trotzdem so nicht sein. Der Messing Gewindeeinsatz für das Stativ kann über das Kabel auch nicht so richtig hinwegtrösten.

Laut Internetseite von Datacolor hat man dort ganze 3 Jahre über konzentriert eine komplett neue Farbsensor-Technologie zu entwickelt.

Der Spyder 4 war ein 7-Band-Colorimeter, der zu Spyder X verwendet einen 6 Kanal Sensor plus NIR. Wobei NIR wohl für Nahinfrarot stehen dürfte. Ich wage nicht zu spekulieren wie dies beim Farbabgleich von Displays behilflich ist.
(AS7264N ist nicht nur dafür konzipiert)
Vielleicht hilft es auch dabei die Keimfähigkeit von Kartoffeln zu bestimmen. Geneueres findet man sicher im Datenblatt von AS7264N (ams.com). Dieser ist per I²C (oder SMBus) an einen Silicon Labs C8051F020 Mikrocontroller angebunden. Dieser wind dann über eine Serail zu USB Brücke mit dem PC kommunizieren. Das ganze erinnert gewaltig an das Demo Kit von AS7264, letztendlich macht es ja auch genau dies. Zusätzlich ist hier eben eine Optik sowie ein Helligkeitssensor an der Oberseite integriert. Insgesammt macht die Hardware einen sehr ordentlichen Eindruck.

Kommen wir zu Software. Diese überzeugt einfach nicht, sie ist zwar schnell aber die Ergebnisse sind einfach nicht so gut wie von der kostenlosen OpenSource Lösung DisplayCAL. Man kann hier den Bewertungen von „MP“ und „Luke“ nur voll und ganz zustimmen und beiden ein „Nützlich“ geben.

Ich habe die Software von Datacolor wieder runtergeschmissen.

Fazit : Also besser nicht die „Elite“ Version.

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Niall

Is... Is this a joke? Not recommended.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2019

Style: Spyder5 ProVerified Purchase

I researched and deliberated for weeks before settling on this calibration tool. I watched others on Youtube go through the setup process etc. Really did my homework. But for the life of me, I CAN NOT get it to suggest anything but laughable and unusable results.

I'm 35, pretty tech savvy, not a stranger to a bit of trouble shooting etc. I'm a full time photographer that has been using Apple iMacs and Macbooks for years. Both have well calibrated screens out of the box and represent the colour profiles I use nicely, but I often check images and video projects on the properly calibrated broadcast monitors at my companies editing suite and then on other screens in my office and home before delivering to clients just to be sure. I'm a pretty darn thorough.

So anyway, I wanted this unit to be something I could use at home to keep my LG pc monitors in check. What a waste of time and money.

I have set this this Datacolor Spyder5PRO up over 40 times now, on my machines, my wife's machine, my PC, my iMac, my work PC, my MacBook Pro. Etc etc etc. EVERY SINGLE TIME the 'custom profile' it kicks out for me to use is garbage. The colours are so off it's just a joke.

At first I thought it was my eyes, but then I asked another few Protogs and they thought it looked awful too. I referenced different monitors. I changed the light and colour temp in the room. Blah blah blah. Nothing worked. I've already given it too much of my time.

Very disappointed because the next tier of calibration device above this seem to be much, much more expensive. Weep.

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Giancarlo

PRO un buon compromesso

Reviewed in Italy on November 24, 2018

Style: Spyder5 ProVerified Purchase

Conosco il tipo di sonda perchè da anni utilizzo lo spyder Express 2, questa volta ho acquistato la versione PRO. Le sonde sono identiche in tutte le versioni (express, pro ed elite) cambia solo il software, la versione PRO per 10€ in più offre una precisione del software più avanzata che ritengo più che sufficiente per le mie esigenze, mentre la versione Elite per quello che offre in più il solo software la ritengo troppo costosa.
Ho letto del software compatibile con questa sonda, mi sono documentato su questo, il DisplayCAL è molto lento nella messa a punto ma preciso e performante, però io mi sono affidato al software in dotazione alla PRO, l'ho trovato ottimo e ideale per il mio utilizzo.
Nella confezione non c'è il software datacolor ma un link per scaricarlo e il relativo seriale per la registrazione e l'attivazione. La procedura è molto semplice, il wizard per una calibrazione ti guida attraverso semplici passi, trovate anche un link con un ottimo e utile tutorial video. Prima dell'avvio della procedura occorre riportare tutte le regolazioni del monitor alle condizioni di fabbrica.
Spero che la mia recensione vi sia stata utile.

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Tescodirect

Does not work with Windows 10 - and poor customer support

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2019

Style: SpyderX ProVerified Purchase

I had high hopes for this. I followed the instructions, which were very straightforward, and stood back to view the final results - with horror. Everything had a pink tint. I re-did it several times, always with the same ghastly outcome. Contact their support service, gave them all the details including an error message. They seemed familiar with this issue, and stated very clearly it was an issue with Windows 10, and not their device or software. They re-iterated this several times, and pinpointed it down to a specific Windows update. I was given very clear instructions, which I followed to the letter, and which made no difference whatsoever. After being given essentially the same advice by 3 different technical support people, a 4th person then seemed to completely misinterpret everything and gave me a list of instructions for how to fix a flicker when you plug things into the USB device.
After wasting hours trying and re-trying their unsuccessful remedies, I gave up and sent it back for a refund.
Given how many positive reviews there are, I believe this is probably a good piece of kit. BUT it clearly has problem with Windows 10 that they do not know how to fix.
Update: another member of their customer support team contacted me with yet another supposed fix, which doubtlessly would not have worked. I explained that I had given up and sent the device back for a refund. A received a rather defensive and unnecessary reply stating again that the problem was with microsoft, and that "99%" of users who experienced this problem were able to get the device to function using one of their workarounds. The message finished by saying there were still two possible solutions:
a) "revert to the previous Windows 10 Build or
b) wait until Microsoft releases a fix".
Not sure if these were intended to be serious suggestions, or just an attempt to have the last word. Whichever, I have reduced my rating to one star as a result.

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Graham, IOW

Not the display panacea I was hoping for

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2019

Style: SpyderX ProVerified Purchase

Reasonably keen photographer and retired IT Pro. I was always concerned that what I was seeing on the screen was in fact correct. I had seen this product recommended in a photography magazine and I thought I would give it a go.

After use, however, I am unconvinced by this product. There is no software or instructions provided out of the box. The web page given for software downloads is a dead-end. A Google check took me to the correct site from which I could download the software. Not a great start.

Initially, only the Profile Chooser appears. Clicking on this creates an error message (avoid this). Eventually the actual SpyderX Pro programme starts. This takes you through the whole process.

First time through, the programme stops, requiring me to physically alter the brightness on my monitor. These are not the 'old days' with easy to use monitor controls. I had to download instructions for the small fiddly controls located behind my monitor. I thought this was meant to be automatic? I thought one more chance or it is going back. I ran the programme start to finish (with no physical intervention of monitor controls on my part) without a hitch this time. Monitor image before/after; definitely warmer tones.

I then tried on my laptop. The programme already knew my licence number so it was a bit easier. To my eyes, the same shift in colours as my main monitor. Maybe that was right. Well, I'm not sure. White is now definitely yellow. Can I be reassured by any of the 'improvements?' I do not think I can. Knowing what I know now, I would not have bought the product. Yet if I had not bought it, I would still have wondered how accurate my monitor colours were. Other users have suggested DisplayCal as an alternative software. I may try this later.

Overall then not the display panacea I was hoping for.

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D. Newman

Time will tell!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2019

Style: SpyderX ProVerified Purchase

As a long-time owner and very satisfied user of a DataColor Spyder4 Elite Screen calibration tool, I was tempted to upgrade to the SpyderX Pro device following a discount offered by the manufacturer to existing customers.

The device arrived promptly and I duly installed the accompanying software. However the installation proved incomplete as the "Utility" element of the software initially failed to install and when I contacted DataColor's Technical Support team, the advice that I received in the first instance was not very helpful.

Ultimately and after two further rounds of correspondence with Technical Support, I was able to achieve a full installation and the device now seems to be working as it should.

In all honesty however, I'm not totally convinced that the SpyderX offers the promised significant improvements over my original Spyder4 Elite! However as a member of a local camera club, who regularly participates in print and DPI competitions, time will tell whether my not inconsiderable investment in the "X" proves to be money well spent.

My current uncertainty is the main reason for not awarding the full five stars.

Addendum after 6 Months' use.

Having now used the SpyderX Pro for almost 6 months, I can confirm that it seems to have delivered on its promise so far. It's easy to use and certainly much quicker in performing re-calibrations each month. One thing I have yet to try however, is run it in conjunction with the open source "DisplayCAL" software, which several other reviewers of the SpyderX Pro have recommended, instead of the proprietary software supplied by DataColor. It would be interesting to see how this software compares.

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Alan B

Calibrated monitor at bargain price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2015

Style: Spyder5 ExpressVerified Purchase

Does the job well and being bought on a Black Friday deal I got it at a bargain price. The only slight surprise is there's very little in the way of instructions in the box. Until the appropriate software is uploaded from the Datacolor website it can't be used but instructions how to do it are very clear. This is not a big deal but once it's been activated an immediate difference in the monitor can be seen, but will depend on how 'off' it was in the first place. One unexpected bonus is after a monitor has been calibrated with its own profile, if the user likes to produce photo prints using Lightroom (I use version 6) and providing you have the ICC paper profiles of the papers you use they can be replicated in Soft Proofing mode. This is great to get an idea how the shots might look like on different papers before wasting paper and ink. This may work with other, similar print processing setups but I can't comment on them.

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Mr. Michael Simms

Great little gadget which really improved on the outdated manufacturer colour profile for my monitor

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2018

Style: Spyder5 EliteVerified Purchase

I have a Dell S2716DG revision A09 G-Sync Monitor manufactured in July 2018. On the Dell website the only colour profile available for this monitor model is dated 2015. It is of course way out since there have been many panel revisions since then (hence A09). Delivered the monitor was 349cd and 2.34 gamma according to the Spyder5.

This Spyder5 is excellent, I particularly found the room light meter on it's top handy. While aiming for sRGB which is not 100% possible with this TN monitor I got it to 98% compliance and 0.01 from 2.20 gamma and spot on 120cd brightness. There's also less banding through greyscale. I used the advanced settings and extended grey tuning function. It did take quite a lot of experimentation and tweaking to get the end result. You can of course use quick calibration, I did try that first and while very good compared to the standard monitor setup it it's not quite good enough with higher brightness and lower gamma results. It is worth spending the time using this package to it's full extent to get a proper result you are happy with.

I'm not too bothered about that last 2% as I rarely edit photos and predominantly game anyhow. Colour calibration helps me with editing game textures in Photoshop and making sure they don't look rubbish for everyone else.