Spyder5EXPRESS – Easy and fast calibration for your screens.
Spyder5PRO – Advanced-featured, interactive calibration for all of your laptop and desktop displays.
Spyder5ELITE – Expert color accuracy delivers the most precise and comprehensive calibration, including projector and video displays.
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Spyder5EXPRESS
True Color in a Flash
Spyder5EXPRESS calibrates all your laptop and desktop displays to an industry color reference standard so you see accurate colors. Your image editing will be easier and faster, you’ll spend less time in the “print-edit-print” cycle, and you’ll waste less ink and paper.
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Tomorrow’s Technology
Next generation Spyder technology comes with a compact, portable and protected colorimeter. We’ve redesigned Spyder’s patented 7-detector optical engine to deliver up to a 55% improvement in low luminance accuracy. The result is highly accurate shadow detail and smoother gradients.
Fast & Easy
The software is extremely easy to use thanks to a simple step-by-step wizard that guides you through the initial 5 minute calibration process. Applicable to all your desktop and laptop displays.
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“Before & After” Calibration Results
Seeing a photo in “Before and After” mode allows you to see your calibration results. The Datacolor standard composite photos highlight changes in color, skin tones, shadow and highlight details, giving you confidence that your displays achieve precise color accuracy.
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Upgradeable
You want more flexibility in your display calibration workflow? Upgrade to Spyder5PRO+ or Spyder5ELITE+.
Spyder5PRO
True Colors On Screen And In Print
Spyder5PRO calibrates all your laptop and desktop displays to an industry color reference standard and determines optimal screen brightness, exposing the fine shadow details and highlights in your photos. Now your edited images will always match your prints.
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Room Light Monitoring
The integrated room light sensor continually measures your room’s lighting conditions and alerts you if there has been a change among three ambient light levels. Choose to either modify your calibration settings or adjust your room lighting, to assure optimal color accuracy.
Personalized “Before and After” Evaluation
See the nuances that matter most with a “Before and After” evaluation of your calibration results using your own image, or a professional Datacolor composite image. SpyderProof makes sure your displays achieve precise color accuracy.
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Display Analysis
It is important to know the characteristics of your display when doing color-reliable work. Understand how your displays perform with the Display Analysis feature. Compare the color, brightness, contrast, gamut, tone response and white point across all of your laptop and desktop displays.
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Upgradeable
You want more flexibility in your display calibration workflow? Upgrade to Spyder5PRO+ or Spyder5ELITE+
Spyder5ELITE
True Colors On Screen And In Print
Spyder5ELITE calibrates all your laptop and desktop displays to an industry color reference standard and determines optimal screen brightness, exposing the fine shadow details and highlights in your photos. Now, your edited images will always match your prints.
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Room Light Monitoring
The integrated room light sensor continually measures your unique lighting conditions and alerts you if there has been a change among five ambient light levels. Choose to either modify your calibration settings or adjust your room lighting to assure optimal color accuracy- both on screen and in print.
Personalized “Before and After” Evaluation
See the nuances that matter most with a “Before and After” evaluation of your calibration results in Full Screen mode using your own photograph, or with a professional Datacolor composite image. SpyderProof makes sure that displays achieve precise color accuracy.
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Advanced Multiple Display Matching
StudioMatch and SpyderTune are two advanced features, allowing you to fine-tune all of your monitors and projectors by matching brightness, white point, and gamma. These controls give you the ultimate flexibility to make each of your displays look identical.
Expert Control
With features like fine-tune gray calibration and unlimited gamma choices, white point, and luminance, you have ultimate control in color calibration. The result is a perfectly calibrated display. Whether you use the simple step-by-step wizard or the Expert Console, we provide you with the best tool available to ensure color accuracy on screen and in matching print.
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Display Analysis
Includes a powerful module letting you fully characterize your display and track its performance over time with reporting. Compare gamuts between displays and standard color spaces, analyze and graph luminance and color uniformity, map tone response curves, and measure and graph display accuracy against SpyderCHECKR color targets.
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Upgradeable
Want even more flexibility in your display calibration workflow? Upgrade to Spyder5ELITE+.
Spyder5 Model Comparison Overview
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| Designed for | Hobbyist photographers seeking a simple monitor color calibration solution |
Serious photographers and designers seeking a full- featured and advanced color accuracy solution |
Professional photographers, studios, and calibration perfectionists seeking ultimate control of their color workflow |
Professional photographers, studios, and calibration perfectionists seeking ultimate control of their entire color workflow from image capture to print |
| Hardware | Spyder5 Colorimeter | Spyder5 Colorimeter | Spyder5 Colorimeter | Spyder5 Colorimeter, SpyderPRINT SpectroColorimeter, SpyderCUBE |
| Software | 4 Step Process, Interactive Help | Wizard, Interactive help, Advanced Features |
Wizard, Interactive Help, Expert Console, Suite of Expert Features |
Wizard, Interactive Help, Expert Console, Suite of Expert Features, Printer Profiling – Ink & Paper |
| Calibration Settings | Fixed (2) | 16 Choices | Unlimited choices, User- Defined, and Rec.709 & 2020 for Videography |
Unlimited Display & RGB Printer choices, User-Defined, and Rec.709 & 2020 for Videography |
| Multiple Monitor Support | Laptops, Desktop Monitors | Laptops, Desktop Monitors | Laptops, Desktop Monitors, Front Projectors, Studio Match Assistant |
Laptops, Desktop Monitors, Front Projectors, Studio Match Assistant |
| Before & After Calibration Evaluation |
Standard Datacolor Image | Standard Datacolor Image, Imported User Images | Standard Datacolor Image, Imported User Images (Full Screen Mode) |
Standard Datacolor Image, Imported User Images (Full Screen Mode), Advanced Printer Soft Proofing |
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3 Ambient Light Settings | 5 Ambient Light Settings | 5 Ambient Light Settings |
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| Analysis Features | |
Basic | Advanced including Screen Uniformity | Advanced Monitor Analysis including Screen Uniformity, Advanced Printer Analysis & Control, RAW Calibration Tool for Accurate Colors |
| Profiles | RGB Monitor | RGB Monitor | RGB Monitor | RGB Monitor & RGB Printer |
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225, 729 patch targets with optional 238 extended grays for enhanced B&W printing |
Spyder5 Model Software Comparison
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| Gamma Choices | 2.2 | 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 | Unlimited |
| Color Temperature Choices | 6500K | 5000K, 5800K, 6500K, native | Unlimited |
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Spyder5 ColorimeterNTSC, PAL/SECAM, ITU-R Rec.BT.709, ITU-R Rec.BT.2020, Cineon, L-Star* |
| ICC Profile Support | ICC 2 | ICC 2, ICC 4 | ICC 2, ICC 4 |
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| Room Light Measurement | |
Simple | Advanced |
| Re-calibration Wizard | |
2.5 min | 2.5 min |
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| SpyderProof – Before & After Calibration Evaluation | |
Imported User Image | Imported User Image + Full Screen |
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| Continuous Profile & Calibration Check | |
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| L-Star Workflow Option | |
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| Improved Gray Balance | |
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| Web Activation & Automatic Update Checks | |
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Spyder5 Model Hardware Comparison
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| Color Sensor | 7 Filter/Detector | 7 Filter/Detector | 7 Filter/Detector |
| Aperture Size | 27 mm | 27 mm | 27 mm |
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| Initial Calibration Time | 5 min | 5 min | 5 min |
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2.5 min | 2.5 minLens cap Counterweight |
| Mounting Methods | Lens cap Counterweight | Lens cap Counterweight | Lens cap Counterweight or Integrated Tripod Mount |
| Physical Dimensions | 2.73 in.(L) x 2.93 in.(W) x 1.71 in.(H) | 2.73 in.(L) x 2.93 in.(W) x 1.71 in.(H) | 2.73 in.(L) x 2.93 in.(W) x 1.71 in.(H) |
| Computer Connection | USB | USB | USB |
| Hardware Warranty | 1 Year (for countries of the EU, the period is 2 years) | 1 Year (for countries of the EU, the period is 2 years) | 1 Year (for countries of the EU, the period is 2 years) |
What´s in The Box
- Spyder5 Colorimeter
- Welcome Card with software download link and warranty registration
- Software Serial Number
- Eco-friendly reusable storage box
Requirements
- Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8.0, 8.1 32/64, Windows 10 32/64
- Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13
- Monitor resolution 1280×768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24 bit recommended), 1GB of available RAM, 500 MB of available hard disk
- Internet connection for software download
- USB port
