Hi guys , it is not 100% Sony related but I always got good answers here .
I use a laptop with about 100% srgb , it is Asus tuf a15 2023 FHD .
I got a datacolor spyder x pro and did a full calibration .I chose standard led for my screen which is IPS.
The results are not what I expected.Everything has a red tint , and skies in my photos are also have slight unnatural red tint in them . The image is less bright and crisp with the new profile generated.
I did about 6 calibrations and all look the same.
When I check the calibration with the software I get gamma 2.2 in target and current . and white point of
target 0.313 0.329
current 0.314 0.332
Which is a pass .
When I run the same checkcal on my usual profile , I also pass with white point of :
0.294 0.317 , but everything looks really different .
What is going on here? how come 2 very different results are passing?
Why there is a contrast and brightness differences?
Maybe it is all in my head ? I dont think so because I usually dont mess with colors and there is no reason for midday blue skies to have red in them.
Did you have some Asus software installed (Armoury Crate) and pre-built colour profiles (Racing, RTS,Cinema, Vivid and so on) selection there?
Did Spyder software have installed its own tool to load profile you've got during calibration?
Probably there is some mismatch with profile loading.
On my Asus laptop I have default/neutral vendor profiles and DisplayCAL autorun with autoloading of calibration profiles.
Armoury crate is installed but the display settings assistent tool is not installed and can not be accessed.
I installed the spyder software , after the calibration those Spyder profiles just appear in the windows display menu (win11).
What is displayCal? q-w-z wrote:
Did you have some Asus software installed (Armoury Crate) and pre-built colour profiles (Racing, RTS,Cinema, Vivid and so on) selection there?
Did Spyder software have installed its own tool to load profile you've got during calibration?
Probably there is some mismatch with profile loading.
On my Asus laptop I have default/neutral vendor profiles and DisplayCAL autorun with autoloading of calibration profiles.
How are you judging the "red tint"? By eye? Do you have a physical reference to compare your screen to like a colorchecker or grey card? Our eyes and brains are easily tricked.
By eye . I do not have ... Any idea on how to judge?
jeffbuzz wrote:
How are you judging the "red tint"? By eye? Do you have a physical reference to compare your screen to like a colorchecker or grey card? Our eyes and brains are easily tricked.
There are color temperature/white balance measuring apps for the iPhone, perhaps for Android also. Your phone camera may not match the accuracy of a dedicated spectrophotometer, but in my experience, these two apps do a good job: "White Balance Meter KEV AI" and "Light Spectrum Pro".
Your phone app can certainly tell you the difference between the color temperature of one object versus another: the absolute measurement may be slightly off, but if there is a clearly discernible difference between the two objects, it should be measurable.
Be sure to perform your calibration and evaluation in a dark room.
One question I have is: was your monitor pretty well calibrated already ?
Another suggestion would be to try calibrating another device. If after calibration it skews in the same direction, then perhaps your spectro unit is off.
Kenneth Lee wrote:
There are color temperature/white balance measuring apps for the iPhone, perhaps for Android also. Your phone camera may not match the accuracy of a dedicated spectrophotometer, but in my experience, these two apps do a good job: "White Balance Meter KEV AI" and "Light Spectrum Pro".
Your phone app can certainly tell you the difference between the color temperature of one object versus another: the absolute measurement may be slightly off, but if there is a clearly discernible difference between the two objects, it should be measurable.
Be sure to perform your calibration and evaluation in a dark room.
One question I have is: was your monitor pretty well calibrated already ?
Another suggestion would be to try calibrating another device. If after calibration it skews in the same direction, then perhaps your spectro unit is off. ...Show more →
It is the first time I try to calibrate.
I will check on another , if it is the same maybethe unit ia s off or my eyes are off
Ok I tried DisplayCal .
The settings I used (not sure if they are the ones I need) :
It found my display model ,generoc mode , whitepoint pf 6500k and white level as measured , gamma 2.2 .
So in its measurments I also got a low red levels , so it's profile is also with pink tint .
So either this Spider is wrong , or my eyes .
Another wierd thing , after using displaycal ,when switching between display profiles it jumps to the default colors and after 2 seconds it shows the selected profile.
