So for now I came to a conclusion that X-Rite Colormunki Display is the best economy choice for calibrating complicated wide gamut displays since it is the one that gets the most positive user feedback. which makes me think that if Colorhug developer and manufacturer had the resources to calibrate those correction matrices in house like Datacolor can then Colorhug 2 would be completely awesome. If I am right, I got an impression that devices like Spyder4 works with these correction matrices that were calibrated in factory using different types of displays to make their devices work well on majority of wide gamut displays, like creating some sort of common characteristics for certain types of screens etc. later on I read that every colorimeter till now seems to need those correction matrices. But my joy was crushed after reading a paper which indicated that it still needs correction cmmx files to work best. But that is an interesting device, pitty that with shipping included, the prices jumps from $50 to about $75 so basically, I am better to buy from shop a new device.Īfter lots of lots of reading I was leaning towards Colorhug 2 since there is quite a lot of information about its Jencolor sensor which by many papers sounded to be impressive and maybe more attractive than the one of Spyder (because there is no detailed information about it available to the public). From reading about displays etc I came to a conclusion that my computer belongs to the ones with a tricky display for a colorimeter. Hi thank you for your suggestion! Looks interesting, although it looks like X-Rite bought this company and their later products were based on this one, I fear it may not be wide gamut displays friendly device since this one is pretty old one.
Okay I am off to search for information about X-Rite Colormunki and i1 displays and their lifetime performances.
Ideal would be to get X-Rite i1 Display Pro or colormunki display (will attempt finding used ones)īut to my budget it is either Spyder4Express or ColorHug2, due to many notices about fading organic filters of Spyder devices, Maybe ColorHug2 seems more attractive. So practically it looks like Spyder4 and Colorhug2 should be considerably equal products in terms of display support, read many unhappy customer responses that Spyder4 (affordable offerings) has same issues of red shift and need for correction matrices to make it work on higher end displays. X-Rite Colormunki smile is a no go, read some terrible reviews about its senor or filter which makes it sound like it would have lots more troubles than ColorHug1.Īlso discovered many negative experiences about Spyder and their organic filters fading leaving the impression that Spyder Express might not be a long term device. So my conclusion is this, the best selection would be the X-Rite Colormunki Display which is completely out of my budget. The more I read, the deeper the dark wood becomes. I think it would be great if there was a forum dedicated for hardware related things like recommended stuff for opensource imagery.
I am full time Linux so Linux compatibility is a must. So if you were in my shoes which one would you pick? Colorhug2 or SPyder4Express. However there are some things on Colorhug website that seems to indicate it might have some advantages like ambient light capture (lux and XYZ) as opposed to Spyder pro only Lux and I think Spyder4Express has this option stripped away. I am leaning towards Colorhug2, but Spyder4Express now is on sale at a local store and I can get it 5 euros cheaper than Colorhug as well as I am sure that I get no trouble with guarantee service should I need repairs. One is open source hardware called Colorhug2 and the other one is Spyder4Express. I fear my current ICC profile while being okay might be outdated now. So I am considering to get a calibration device to calibrate my computer’s monitor. I came across an interesting headache and am wondering what would be your advice.