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    Spyder 3 and Windows 10

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>I had the same situation: I had upgraded to Win10 and used my Spyder3 there. It worked, did calibrations etc., but I had the impression that something was wrong. So I contacted Datacolor and in the end I bought a Spyder5 with 30% discount and I even got a lenscal with it. And it gave me much better results. Comparing the two profiles, Spyder3 had cut me a lot of greens compared to sRGB and the Spyder5 profile was much better.<br>

    This is what Datacolor wrote in their answer:<br>

    "we tested Spyder3 on a few Windows 10 machines, however, depending upon your computer's configuration, the software may run or not run. In order to find this out, you may check it on your computer.<br>

    We recommend to upgrade to the new Spyder5 with it’s up to 55% Improvement in Low Luminance Accuracy vs. Spyder4 sensors, the interactive Help, the new industrial design including a lens cap for sensor protection, the enhanced SpyderProof functionality, the multiple monitor support for Spyder5EXPRESS, PRO and ELITE and it’s double shielded filters for higher durability and greater longevity. This gives you the ability to show your clients, friends and family calibrated images anywhere."</p>

    Lightroom histogram affected by monitor profile?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Thank you all for your helpful replies. With that knowledge, I figured out what the problem was. Apparently my Spyder3 wasn't working correctly with Windows 10 or with the updated graphics driver.<br>

    I didn't see that when calibrating but when looking at my new photos series in lightroom I knew that something was wrong, but I couldn't compare with the state before as I didn't want to roll back the installation. Apparently this just coincided with a series of photos where the histogram looked good in camera but not in lightroom, maybe because of the different camera profile adapted...and they looked bad in LR because my profile was wrong.<br>

    However, I ordered a new Spyder5 (which I received less than 24h after ordering) and the profile was ways better with that. And also my new photos looked much better...even that the histogram lacks some blacks still in these particular photos, but now I can adjust that confidently.<br>

    I also compared the two profiles on www.iccview.de and could really see a difference (I have a much bigger color space now).<br>

    So now I'm all happy with my new Spyder and win10.</p>

    Lightroom histogram affected by monitor profile?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>My question is: will the histogram in Lightroom look different when the monitor profile is changed or should that allways look the same on the same raw image in lightroom and is independent of the monitor profile?<br />I ask this because I recently updated to Windows 10 and had to recalibrate my monitor with Spyder3 (which is not officially compatible with win10 but does do some calibration...). Now I think I have an issue with the black point of this profile, because many images I work on in Lightroom now have a small flat line on the left side of the histogram and I need to lower black point for each of them.<br />Is it possible that my monitor profile is wrong? Or does the histogram only show the values of the RAW image without considering the monitor profile?</p>

    Canon 60d rubber grip self fix

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>The grip of my 60D is getting loose, after more than two years. Now I figured out where to get the replacement part in Switzerland, as I would like to fix it myself. <br>

    Has anybody done this? Is there anything special I should be aware of? Any hints?</p>

     

    Dropped lens --> repair?

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Thanks for the answers. It is certainly a gamble, I just try to see if it's worth it...<br>

    at Matthias: Yes, something inside moves. It's like a plastic ring or something. The front part of the lens is a bit wobbly now...what if it's the IS elemnt? could that be repaired?<br>

    Has anybody had something similar?</p>

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    Dropped lens --> repair?

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Hi<br>

    I dropped my canon ef 70-300 IS USM onto concrete floor from about 1 meter. DAMN!<br>

    The glass seems ok, but I can't use it anymore. When I attach it to the body and press the focus/release button, the image starts to vibrate. I thought taht this could come from the IS but it also happens when IS is set to off. I could focus manually with IS off but the image still vibrates when I push the release. There's also one loose ring I can see inside.<br>

    So what do you think: Is it worth to send that in for repair? I paid around 550 USD for this lens and they would charge me 75 only to look at it (I'm in Switzerland).<br>

    Or is there any chance I can do something myself by opening the lens? Would I need special tools to screw it together again? I'm very patient but have never opened a lens before...</p>

    HP 2475 Wide Gamut monitor - best calibration tool / software?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>I have this monitor and calibration worked pretty well with Spyder3. Before I used an older monitor which I was able to calibrate with Spyder2 but the results were less satisfying. It was not possible, however to calibrate the HP2475w with Spyder2, which doesn't recognize all the wide gamut, as datacolor told me. Therefore, the colors looked a bit like yours, desaturated and flat. So I upgraded to Spyder3, which sees the wide gamut, and everything worked well. My settings are 13 for brightness (for 120cd) and I had to adjust RGB levels to get best results. I had to turn blue down to 235 and green to 241 while letting red at 255. hope that helps. I'm sure now that you won't be able to calibrate with a non wide gamut calibrator.</p>

     

    I continue to be plagued by.................

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>The easiest of all in WinXP/2000 is the Image Resizer Powertoy (can be downloaded from Microsoft):<br>

    Once installed, right click on the image, go to resize, select size and there it is! You can even select multiple images at once.</p>

    <p><img src="file:///C:/DOKUME~1/Pascal/LOKALE~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="file:///C:/DOKUME~1/Pascal/LOKALE~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/images/enhance_resize_01.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="283" /><br>

    <img src="http://www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/images/enhance_resize_02.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="161" /></p>

    <p>What could be easier?</p>

     

    Selecting the right paint for a house...

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Thank you for the answers. I don't want to choose the definite color rightaway, I just wan't to know the direction I will go and which color could fit with the window frames (blue) etc. Maybe reddish, brown, grey, petrol etc...<br>

    The "replace color" tool is not bad, but I would find it more practical if I could have a color palette next to the image and see many colors to choose from at the same time (or by altering just one parameter like saturation, and then be able to choose one color and apply it. Isn't there such a tool like this?</p>

    Selecting the right paint for a house...

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Hi<br>

    I have to re-paint my house. As I want to change the color, I made a photo and I try to work it in PS now. I selected the walls and I manage to change the colors with an adjustment layer for the selection. However, I tried different types of layers and I find it hard to select colors with them. For example with a color balance layer i have difficulties setting the right brightness and with the hue/sat layer it's hard to choose colors. I could work around that by having 2 adjustment layers, but that gets too complicated when changing colors.<br>

    What I would like to is to be able to choose the color with a tool like the color picker and apply it to the layer. The fewer clicks the best.<br>

    How would you solve that?</p>

    Color management in Windows XP

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>As you already have a Colorvision/Datacolor product, I would suggest you login to their support site and download the ProfileChooser Software. It's free I think. This program worked fine for me with a Spyder2 (have upgraded to Spyder 3 recently, not too many software differences). My monitors are not exactly the same as one is much older, but I don't matter, as I basicly use the newer one for displaying images. Why do you need a second calibrated monitor? I just curious...<br>

    You can also ask Datacolor directly by making a ticket at the support site, they are very helpful, at least the european site (they might have you upgrade your calibration device though... :) )<br>

    You might also have to use separate graphic cards for each monitor.</p>

    Wide Gamut or not?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Hi everybody

     

    I've been working with a Philips 17" LCD for a long time now and I'm planning on buying a new monitor. I've

    looked at the HP LP2475w which has received a reasonably good review on prad.de

    (http://prad.de/en/monitore/reviews.html) and is not too expensive. I'm working mostly in Adobe RGB and convert

    to sRGB at the end to have prints done at a lab. My questions are:

     

    Is it a good idea to buy a wide gamut display? or will I get undersaturated prints because a wide gamut monitor

    displays too saturated?

    Will I bee able to calibrate the monitor well with my Spyder2 Pro?

     

    Thank you for your input and suggestions.

    Search for EXIF in the Web?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    Steve: Thank you for your good answer. You've made some good points about uselessness and that 99% of the public doesn't know what EXIF is...although 1% would still be about 10 million people :-). But I'm happy that there is at least no well known search engine who does that.

    I still think that too many images in the web have EXIF Data in them and that most people don't know that they put their name in the web and that this can be a disadvantage in many situation. For example if you are applying for a job and your future supervisor finds an image of you in the web...

    But apparently, Big Brother is not watching me in this case...

    Search for EXIF in the Web?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Is there a possibility to search for specific exif data in the web? Google doesn't seem to index exif data. Is

    there any other search engine which does? Is that technically even possible?

    If yes, that would mean that I would possibly be able to look for my pictures in the web, if they have my name in

    the exif data...

    Or that I would have to strip some more of the exif data for my privacy saving.

    Thank you for your answers and thoughts.

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