The following table summarizes the differences between the current calibration tools, from a photography point of view. Some other players (for instance Pantone) have offered calibration solutions in the past but none is as commonly used as the Spyder products from Datacolor. Then, we will focus on the actual calibration, offering a step-by-step guide that should answer most questions about the process.ĭatacolor hold a quasi-monopoly on the consumer screen calibration market. First, the unit will be presented and described. In this article, we will walk you through the steps necessary to properly calibrate a monitor by using the Datacolor Spyder4 Express.
The reason is not important, but where to start? How to proceed? Maybe you made prints of those fantastic images, and they looked nothing like on your monitor. Maybe you have been told that everybody does it. So you decided to take that big step: you want to calibrate your monitor.
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With this monitor being of such a high pedigree in the 1080p market, it’s nice to see that the Phillips shows its true colours (mind the pun). Relatively speaking, the colour gamut of the Phillips 272G5DYEB is pretty good and the sRGB colour reproduction is pretty much bang on in terms of quality. This is mainly used for photographers and people just using their monitors for normal tasks such as web browsing or gaming will never need to worry about this. sRGB is the most common colour-space used today but AdobeRGB has a wider colour-space which can mean more colours but not as accurate when looking at colours which overlap on sRGB. So to sum it up in a way everyone will understand, although sRGB and AbodeRGB are both RGB, they are very different. To get started, after the installation and calibration of the Phillips 272G5DYEB, the results are as follows including a description of what each one means and how this relates to the monitor. It is very accurate and can tell you things the naked eye cannot. To test the performance and the colour accuracy of the Phillips 272G5DYEB monitor, I used a device called the Spyder 4 Elite, which is a tool for monitor calibration.