Spyder Express or Huey

Which of the monitor calibrator works better?

Spyder Express works fine for me. It even doesn multiple monitors just fine. I've never tried Huey.

I have the Spyder Pro, and I am less than satisfied with it.

The two problems I have are:

1) No matter how many times I profile, I cannot get my two monitors to match. The same file looks slightly different on each screen. Not a lot, but enough to notice. When I adjust the image on one screen to visually match the other, the prints made from those two files are slightly off. Again, not enough so you would say that one looks bad, but enough to notice on a side-by-side.

2) It overrides my control for adjusting the brightness. The ambient brightness of my room changes during the day, and the On Screen controls do nothing if I try to compensate. (I SUPPOSE I could create multiple profiles to allow for this and change them as the day goes on, but that is more hassle than I want.)

On the plus side - my printed work much more closely matches the monitor(s) than before I used it.

On whole, I would try the Huey only because I haven't.

Rad

Radtech1 wrote in post #3134723
I have the Spyder Pro, and I am less than satisfied with it.

The two problems I have are:

1) No matter how many times I profile, I cannot get my two monitors to match. The same file looks slightly different on each screen. Not a lot, but enough to notice. When I adjust the image on one screen to visually match the other, the prints made from those two files are slightly off. Again, not enough so you would say that one looks bad, but enough to notice on a side-by-side.

2) It overrides my control for adjusting the brightness. The ambient brightness of my room changes during the day, and the On Screen controls do nothing if I try to compensate. (I SUPPOSE I could create multiple profiles to allow for this and change them as the day goes on, but that is more hassle than I want.)

On the plus side - my printed work much more closely matches the monitor(s) than before I used it.

On whole, I would try the Huey only because I haven't.

Rad

Forgive me if I am wrong but shouldn't you be creating two seperate profiles, one for each monitor, not using one file on both? The Pro should support dual monitor setups and then you select a different profile for each output/video card.

Once you calibrate you are not supposed to change any settings. If you do, your calibration is now incorrect. Different profiles might work but you are right, seems like a lot of hassle.

ChrisBlaze wrote in post #3134403
Which of the monitor calibrator works better?

I don't think one works better than the other but they work different from the other. If your ambient settings do not change then the Spyder would be my choice (and I chose it) so that I don't have an extra piece of hardware sitting on my desk. If your ambient does change and you don't mind the hardware on your desk then go with the Huey.

In2Photos wrote in post #3135218
Forgive me if I am wrong but shouldn't you be creating two seperate profiles, one for each monitor, not using one file on both? The Pro should support dual monitor setups and then you select a different profile for each output/video card.

I see the confusion - I spoke poorly. By file, I meant Image file, as in photograph. Each separate computer and monitor does have it's own profile.

What the hell was I thinking when I thought that made sense.

Rad

Radtech1 wrote in post #3135281
I see the confusion - I spoke poorly. By file, I meant Image file, as in photograph. Each separate computer and monitor does have it's own profile.

What the hell was I thinking when I thought that made sense.

Rad

Thanks for the clarification. It makes sense now. And others may read it that way. It was just confusing for me.

I've had the Huey and now have the hueyPro and both work pretty much on par with one another, accurate results in my processing. The Pro supports dual monitors.

I've read some messages on other forums that the Huey doesn't work all that well with a MacBook (not Pro)... is there anyone with a Huey and a MacBook (glossy screen) that could confirm or disspell this?

thanks.