DatacolorSpyder5EXPRESS – Designed for Hobbyist Photographers (S5X100)

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!

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

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.

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.

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 2.2It 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 calMy 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.