Calibrating a MacBook with a DTP94B

[Steffen Sachse]

Hey, I have a quick question: I read a lot about how colorimeters have trouble measuring any light source which doesn’t match it’s original intent, e.g. measuring wide gamut monitors with the DTP94B.

My main monitor is an Eizo S2431W with a close to sRGB gamut which I’ve been calibrating and profiling with my DTP94. With the addition of a late 2013 Macbook (which also has a close to sRGB gamut, but possibly different backlight technology), I was wondering if there was any sense to doing the same here at all. Will the results be useful in any significant manner or will my trusty DTP94B just measure „garbage“ without specific ccmx files or device calibration?

Thanks,
Steffen

[Steffen Sachse]

Hey, I have a quick question: I read a lot about how colorimeters have trouble measuring any light source which doesn’t match it’s original intent, e.g. measuring wide gamut monitors with the DTP94B.

My main monitor is an Eizo S2431W with a close to sRGB gamut which I’ve been calibrating and profiling with my DTP94. With the addition of a late 2013 Macbook (which also has a close to sRGB gamut, but possibly different backlight technology), I was wondering if there was any sense to doing the same here at all. Will the results be useful in any significant manner or will my trusty DTP94B just measure „garbage“ without specific ccmx files or device calibration?

Thanks,
Steffen

[Graeme Gill]

Post by Steffen Sachse
My main monitor is an Eizo S2431W with a close to sRGB gamut which I’ve been
calibrating and profiling with my DTP94. With the addition of a late 2013 Macbook
(which also has a close to sRGB gamut, but possibly different backlight technology), I
was wondering if there was any sense to doing the same here at all. Will the results be
useful in any significant manner or will my trusty DTP94B just measure „garbage“
without specific ccmx files or device calibration?

Hi,
it won't be "garbage", but it's not possible to know how accurate
it would be without a lot of technical information (spectra of the display,
spectral sensitivity of the DTP94, calibration matrix it is using).

It's far simpler to try it and see if the result looks acceptable. If
the display is not a wide gamut one, then there is at least the possibility
that it will work OK.

Graeme Gill.