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ColorVision Spyder2 Express
from: ColorVision

Off The Bookshelf's Price: £66.99

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: ColorVision
EAN: 0875720000100
Label: ColorVision
Manufacturer: ColorVision
Model: S2E100
Publisher: ColorVision
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Studio: ColorVision
Sales Rank: 568
MPN: S2E100

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The new Spyder2express, from the Spyder2 range of products, offers quick, easy and precise 3-step monitor calibrations. You no longer need to be a colour expert. Novices acknowledge that this product carries out precise calibration in accordance with professional norms on all CRT, LCD and portable screens for Mac and PC. The Spyder2Express enables you to restitue realistic and detailed colours on your screen thanks to its ultra precise measurements (chromatic sensitivity up to 5 times higher) and advanced algorithm calculation. It also lets you perfectly represent tones and neutral greys. The before and after preview function allows you to compare display with and without calibration. Spyder2Express is an indispensable solution for photographers, designers, art lovers and those in the search for precise colour screen display.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A good simple and effective product
I have installed the software and I found everything easy to understand.

I wanted to give this product a good rating and one which I feel it deserves.

I managed to successfully calibrate my monitor with no problems in a small amount of time.

It's simple and effective and there was no complicated procedure involved.

Rating:

- First-time Proper Calibration
I had done software calibration on my Mac before but didn't think anything else was really necessary. However, I got some feedback that my photographs viewed differently on other people's calibrated monitors, and a picture printed for an exhibition came out very differently from what I expected.
On advice, I decided to properly calibrate my monitor to ensure consistency in the processing of my digital photographs.

I was shocked at the price of these devices and settled on this 'home user' model as a result. The downside is that the calibration is only basic and not Industry-standard. If you are looking for a professional level, you need to buy the more expensive version. The software in the 'pro' versions is much more complex ... Read More:

Rating:

- Good basic bit of kit, works well.
Having spent 15+ years as a film based photographer. I got one of these as I am starting to work with a D-SLR and want to be able to get good consistent print results.

I have to say this is very simple to use, you just install the software and follow the on screen promps from the wizard. The only thing to remember is to remove the existing colour profile from the monitor before you start calibration the first time so as to have clear base values for the meter to work from.

The screen will look a bit dull and warm (yellow) when calibrated ( well mine did ), but after a few minutes using it you get used to this, and the colours are actually spot on. This will pay for itself with the savings in wasted paper and ink in no time. ... Read More:

Rating:

- Solved My Colour Management Problems
Ordered yesterday, arrived this morning and monitor calibrated one hour later. Initially it gave me wierd results even though I had reset the LCD monitor to factory settings (as advised in the Spyder software). Then I realised I had the graphics card (Nvidia) set to use the previous Adobe Gamma profile (which was never that successful as you had to do it by eye). Reset the card to the "standard" profile re-calibrated using the Spyder and the monitor is now perfect. Best it has been and I have checked it against several websites that show calibration charts.

The previous reviewer may not have set his graphics card correctly before calibrating as this is what I did wrong and got some weird colours on the screen.

Rating:

- Disappointing Experience
I bought a ColorVision Spyder2express in hope of properly calibrating the display of my Apple iMac computer. Unfortunately, I found many aspects of the product disappointing and ended up returning it. To summarise my experience and the problems I had with the Spyder2express:

- The sofware installation process was old fashioned, installing 4000 individual items on my iMac, instead of using the more modern "package" system. It took a long time to install and seemed messy.

- The software itself seemed old fashioned, like it had been written years ago for much older Macs, before Tiger existed.

- The calibration process itself turned all the dark greys on my display green! Yes, green. I tried the calibration several times, ... Read More:

Software : ColorVision Spyder2 Express