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Spyder3Elite - Next generation monitor calibration, for colour accuracy, flexibility and affordability

Now with a software upgrade to Elite 4; New features include a monitor quality analyser, graphs comparing multiple displays with one another as well as sRGB and AdobeRGB, enhanced iterative gray balancing, and automated brightness adjustment. Get Free Upgrade here

Created for Profesional photographers, photograpjhy studios and professional users of all kinds the Spyder3Elite takes fast, accurate affordable monitor calibration to the next level. Designed around the professional photographer’s workflow, the Spyder3Elite calibrates LCD/TFT, CRT and laptop monitors in just five minutes, with subsequent recalibrations taking just two and a half minutes.

Choose the Spyder 3 Elite if you would like the option to calibrate at a custom bightness level, need to calibrate a projector and/or have monitors of different brand and age you need to unify.

The Spyder3Elite also features the industry’s first seven-detector colour engine, providing extra sensitive colour readings for greater accuracy, and offers a 400% increase in light sensitivity over the Spyder2.

As the Spyder3Elite allows unlimited and user defined custom gamma and temperature settings, you can create profiles to your specifications, taking colour control to a new level. The StudioMatch Assistant feature allows you to calibrate multiple displays to a single target, creating consistently accurate colour within a studio environment and the SpyderProof function offers both ‘before and after’ comparisons and soft proofing options.

The Spyder3Elite boasts numerous features and functions including:

• Calibrate all flat panel LCD, TFT, CRT and laptop monitors
• Industry first seven-detector colour engine
• 400% increase in light sensitivity over Spyder2
• Create bespoke profiles to your own specifications
• Built-in ambient light sensor
• SpyderProof function offers ‘before and after’ comparisons
• Calibrate multiple displays to a single target
• 2 year warranty

Spyder3Elite 4.0 New Features

• Automated Brightness Adjustment means users no longer need to adjust front panel controls on Apple Cinema Displays, iMacs, MacBooks or PowerBooks
• Software Brightness Control allows owners of iMac and other displays with limited dimming controls to work with them in more desirable, dimmer environments, and to match them to other displays
• Iterative Gray Balance Option for the most accurate gray balance algorithm available
• Display Graph allows users to compare the gamut of multiple displays to one another, as well as to standard colour spaces like sRGB and AdobeRGB
• Monitor Quality Analyser allows users to find out just how good their display actually is; and compare it to other displays using easy-to-read maps of the screen’s uniformity

If you would like to calibrate your printer as well, why not take a look at the Spyder 3 Studio SR which includes the Spyder 3 Elite, Spyder Cube and Spyder Print SR.

Features:

• Designed for photographers - A 400% increase in light sensitivity and the largest screen sample area or aperture in the industry results in improved accuracy on LCD screens and a faster calibration time. Three attachment methods – large area suction cup, counterweight, or tripod mount – can be used interchangeably to suit the needs of any photographer.
• Stylish and practical design - Smaller and lighter than the Spyder2 with a stylish optical design, the Spyder3 colorimeter also features a desktop cradle suitable for storage, ambient light monitoring or tripod attachment.
• Super-fast ReCAL option - Initial calibration takes just five minutes – 29% faster than the Spyder2 – while ReCAL takes just two and a half minutes (64% faster), offering a quick way to maintain consistency.
• SpyderProof function – View calibration results in before and after modes in four quadrants: Saturated Colours, Skin Tones, Gradients and Black and White. Zoom in on any photo to scrutinise highlights, shadow detail, colour or tonal response, and soft-proof images using your own custom profiles.
• Unlimited calibration targets – Unlimited, user-defined choices for white point, gamma, white luminance, and black luminance gives you full control of your digital colour workflow, allowing you to tune your calibration to optimise shadow detail, studio light or light box matching, plus the destination output device.
• StudioMatch Assistant – Calibrate and match multiple studio monitors to a single calibration target, with step-by-step guidance throughout the process.
• Built-in ambient light sensor with unique PreciseLight function – This precision sensor accurate measures lighting conditions, providing you with options to change either your studio lighting or the display profile if the ambient light changes. By maintaining a history log of lighting conditions, Spyder3 can intelligently discern true lighting changes from random fluctuations caused by studio flashes or shadows.
• Front Projector Calibration Option - The Spyder3Elite™ is the only calibration system in its class that calibrates front projectors, allowing you to achieve the same excellent colour fidelity in your presentations as you do on your monitor.
• SpyderCertification option - Ensures that calibration standards are deployed consistently across all subscribed displays, issuing a warning if a display’s calibration becomes out of date or incorrect.
• Expert Console - Displays all calibration parameters and actions in one comprehensive window; ideal for experienced users who no longer need the step-by-step wizard.
• Display Assistant - Allows you to enter all of the model-specific information for each of your displays and stores them, saving you time on all future calibrations.
• Custom Black and White Luminance Control - An essential tool for studio matching, allowing precision control of monitor black and monitor white luminance for the ultimate in calibration accuracy and screen matching.
• New L-Star Calibration Option - Photographers using L-Star workflows can generate unique tonal response curves for open shadows and detailed highlights as an alternative to typical gamma settings.
• Native Gamma Calibration Option -Advanced feature allows calibration of monitors to Native Gamma or White Balanced Native Gamma.
• On-Screen Spot Colour Measurement- Take custom measurements of any spot colour on the display for analysis and comparison.

System requirements:

• Windows – 2000/XP/XP64/Vista
• Macintosh – OS X (10.3 or higher)
• USB port
• Minimum monitor resolution 1024 x 768
• 16-bit video card (24-bit recommended)
• 128MB of available RAM
• 100MB of available hard disk space