Calibration bar at the bottom of the page

[Sabi Lear]

All good here in Mexico with 33 very distinct bars, thanks for sharing!

[extraball]

that bar comes in very handy. I use a laptop, and wouldnt know what angle to have the screen without it.

[William]

reminder: The calibration bar does NOT mean your monitor is correctly calibrated. It just means that the brightness levels are correct, nothing more.

To ensure your monitor is correctly calibrated, the use of a hardware device is necessary. Please do not assume that because you can see all the squares on our calibration bar, that you do not need to use a monitor calibrator. Use of a hardware calibration device is the only way to get it right!

Just a reminder , Does not mean that your Monitor is calibrated correctly , As Rick and I have said before , It's a good Brightness and contrast check

[yisiyue000]

i can see 48 gaps. Oh my, I forget to wear my glasses lol. I am a freshman in photography. I hope I can learn a lot from here

[jeffo]

Thanks Kym.

All is good. Will dig a little deeper on the link you have provided for further understanding.

Neil

[Bill Curnow]

My monitor appears to be OK

[El Baroda]

Thanks, Kym. Mine is okay.

[ricktas]

Again:

reminder: The calibration bar does NOT mean your monitor is correctly calibrated. It just means that the brightness levels are correct, nothing more.

To ensure your monitor is correctly calibrated, the use of a hardware device is necessary. Please do not assume that because you can see all the squares on our calibration bar, that you do not need to use a monitor calibrator. Use of a hardware calibration device is the only way to get it right!

Just cause you can see all the bars does not mean your screen is OK.

[coolermaster]

Newby here, thanks for the tip.

[Amelia]

Thanks Kym

[William]

I'm wondering if this thread is just being used to reactivate , There seems to be a lot that just say thanks with 1 or 2 posts , We dont get any saying , Great I've just purched a Calibration tool to do the proper calibration as we have suggested on numerous occasions ?

[ricktas]

I'm wondering if this thread is just being used to reactivate , There seems to be a lot that just say thanks with 1 or 2 posts , We dont get any saying , Great I've just purched a Calibration tool to do the proper calibration as we have suggested on numerous occasions ?

If I notice those (and many above I have) I send them a PM explaining the inactive cycle. Eventually they will lose access and have to post every single day for 6 months to retain/regain access. My thoughts are they are not wanting to/willing to join in, so the inactive cycle will bite them.

[Homegirl]

Thanks for this, all looks ok.

[beardedcamera]

Thanks very much for that, I appreciate the effort put into it. It's always great to find that your monitor is working against a variety of tests. It also shows that my calibration tools are working well. That said, do you know much about the new Spyder4 and if they made such improvements with it that one "should" replace Spyder3?

The spyder4 was an upgrade, and basically uses the same colorimeter as the 3 version. The colorimeter changed a lot between spyder 2 and spyder 3.

[shaman]

Observant lot you all are...

There is a new calibration bar at the bottom of the screen...

As a brand new member of about 10 minutes I am pleased that my monitors correctly display the bar

[liljayne]

Thankyou that was very handy

[Roycewf]

Yes to calibrate correctly, you need a spider, have seen them on e-bay at reasonable prices.

[Tamama]

Thank You

[xhatiik]

well looks good

[MBPierre]

I recently re-calibrated my monitor. happy to distinguish the 33 shades