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DIYP Reviews the DataColor Spyder5CAPTURE Pro Suite

September 18, 2016 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

When DataColor announced the Spyder5CAPTURE Pro package a few weeks ago, I had to get my hands on one. So we had a chat with DataColor and they sent one over for me to check out. The whole bundle includes four of DataColor’s popular calibration and profiling tools. There’s the SpyderLENSCAL, the SpyderCHECKR, SpyderCUBE and Spyder5ELITE.

My current workflow comprises a mix of X-Rite and Lastolite tools. A ColorChecker Passport, the i1 Display 2 and an Xpobalance. They’ve served me extremely well, so the Spyder5CAPTURE Pro suite has a lot to live up to. The DataColor setup does, however, offer some very distinct advantages over my current system, which we’ll get to throughout the course of the review.

So, let’s have a look at what’s in the box.

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Datacolor Spyder5Pro Giveaway! ($189 Retail Value)

January 15, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments

UPDATE: the contest is now over and winners have been notified, thanks for playing!

If you ever had an entire shoot returned to you by a graphic department for “those are not the colors of our products”, you know that a calibrated monitor can really ease things for you.

This is why we teamed up with Datacolor to give away a Spyder5Pro ($189 Retail Value)

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Hands On Datacolor Spyder5 Elite Review

April 7, 2015 by JP Danko 6 Comments

Datacolor was recently kind enough to send us a Spyder5 Elite to review prior to today’s official launch.

I spent the last couple weeks using the Spyder5 Elite to calibrate four of the screens that I use on a regular basis: both IPS and TN displays, my laptop and an HD TV.

Here are the results of our hands on Datacolor Spyder5 Elite review.

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