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Have you had a look at independent online reviews such as:
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration_tools .htm
No I hadn’t. So, I just did. …Mildly interesting.
Of course, I read plenty of reviews before I bought my Spyder2. As usual, they were all over the place. For just about any product you can find reviews on the Internet that are wildly pro all the way to wildly con. After a decade or more of this I have learned to take all of it with a grain of salt. I guess I do watch for trends in the reviews. i.e. If no one liked the Spyder2, I would be very cautious.
One of the most interesting things about this review – to me – was how important the match of monitor to color management system. That may explain other reviews and user reports being all over the place. So, they didn’t include my monitor in the test. (ViewSonic Professional Series PF775b) This probably means that the conclusions don’t mean much to me.
Their conclusions on the Spyder2 were mildly interesting, nonetheless. I will agree that it isn’t particularly fast. However, I only calibrate once a month (or when hardware changes) and always have plenty else to do while it works. So, I plan.
Their 2nd negative I don’t see. They claim it isn’t good in the highs and brights. They say that wedding photographers should avoid it. Well, I am a wedding photographer and don’t see the problems they found. Maybe that isn’t a problem with my monitor. Heck, it may have to do with my printer too.
So, I will keep happily using my Spyder2.
Thanks anyway,
Clyde