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Hands On: Datacolor Spyder Color Calibrator for Apple iPad

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 11/03/2011
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During Photo Plus Expo 2011, we got a live demo of the Datacolor Spyder color calibration system for the Apple iPad. I’ve known monitors, televisions and other displays to be color calibrated, but I never thought of calibrating an iPad. However, it makes total sense since many photographers use them to display their portfolios or even on shoots as a monitor.

Take a look at the demo video after the jump.


The Spyder has been a color calibration system that many photographers have used. Our own Mike Pouliot loves his. If you don’t think you need to calibrate your monitor, think again. Keep this in mind when you go to show your portfolio of work off to a client.

I recently saw David calibration a projector screen with the Spyder. It was quite a sight to see and there were dramatic differences in the original and calibrated screen. Though calibration is mostly used for making prints in the photo industry, it’s also important for you to achieve the best images you can so that when they go out into the internet, they’ll generally look the best they can.

Try it: look at an image on a computer in your house and if you have another computer around take a look at the same image. The contrast, saturation, etc will be different. There are variable factors as well such as the contrast ratio.

We will be requesting a unit for review soon, so stay tuned.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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