regarding the swing: my Eizo contact said to correlate it to the i1D3 - if the swing was that accurate it should be the default and only meter used on this screen - EVER - for every calibration and everything else… seems odd that CN software expects you to bring in your own inferior meter to do a calibration when you have that device on board… but, great info, I’ll check back with my Eizo contact… thanks.
u have to differentiate between measurement variations between individual units and off-values to a measurement target, e.g. color primaries of a given color space - again a colorimeter will only be accurate for certain screen types (light sources), and less for others - it’s the nature of the device
again, not sure what the point is to repeat over and over that u don’t know how accurate ur 1iD3 is (mine had a noticeable, slight red push), until u profile it - and even if it (hopefully) is accurate (being a new device), it will drift at one point
anyways, here’s the good stuff:
checked out Argyll CMS a little bit over the weekend, amazing piece of software… MUCH more powerful than basICColor IMO… man, this baby is fantastic
not only can you correct a colorimeter to a spectro, there are so many fantastic, in-depth options, it is now possible to run a much more thorough calibration (resulting in a better profile)…
on my laptop (which was prior to that calibrated with just the i1D3 and basICColor), I ran a calibration profile with just the i1D3 and then with the i1D3 corrected to the i1Pro - the latter is dead on and the difference (to the first calibration attempt) is plain noticeable (when switching between profiles)… delta E’s were good before, but never that low on this screen…
and again: my i1Pro is new from 2011-11 and my i1D3 is new from 2012-04… and it is OFF a (little) bit…
and btw, Argyll CMS is connected to an online database where users all over the world upload their correction matrix of a given colorimeter / spectro combination on a given screen, so other users (who don’t have a spectro) can make use of that… now I’m not saying that this will be as accurate on somebody else’s (identical) screen model (given the possible variations in the display units itself), but guess why they all do this process (profiling colorimeters) ??? BECAUSE IT IS MORE ACCURATE. 