[Steve Shaw]

The i1Pro2 is good, as it is a Spectro.

The Hubble is no longer being manufactured as there is a supply issue on one component, but I have the last few available – at a discount to the stated price if there is interest. The Hubble is still my favourite probe for full profiling, pre-calibrated with a Spectro if needed (the i1Pro2 for example), but that’s rarely required.

I am NOT a fan of plasmas – not because of colour, but because of their ABL (Auto Brightness Level) issues. See: https://www.lightillusion.com/forums.

But, with LightSpace you will be able to calibrate any display to get the best out of it.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Yep, those probes…

I’d go for the i1Pro2 personally.

But the i1 Display Pro will work with all display types, and a lot of customers do have that probe.

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Hi Margus,

The best would be LightSpace Quick Profiling (or Full LightSpace if the funds are available ;o), with a probe.
The i1Pro2 or i1 Display Pro would be my suggestions.

With the above you would be able to take control of all your calibration and LUT management (including colour space conversion), using LUTs with Resolve, or external LUT boxes.

We can supply a 3 day fully license for LightSpace for evaluation, but to be honest the standard demo is usually all that customer need to understand the power and capability of LightSpace – I would suggest downloading that first and playing with it in ‘virtual probe’ mode, and then get a 3 day full license for final checks on operation.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Just to add to this thread…

Penta have adopted LightSpace for their monitor calibration.
They have a new update that allows LightSpace to directly calibrate the display and provide the final calibration as a LUT for direct use within the Penta monitor.

LightSpace also has Display Independent profiling, as we actually supply EDL to automatically build the timeline in Resolve, or any other systems. This makes indirect calibration very easy.

The is also Java Application as an alternative solution.

Also, Light Illusion does provide time limited ‘eval’ licenses for LightSpace. You just need to ask.

Feel free to ask any additional questions. Happy to answer as best I can.

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Indeed!

It’s why I made sure the Light Illusion curves do not reduce the data range at all, unlike the Technicolor curve.

And thanks for all the nice comments ;o)

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Hi Robert, it is true the Technicolor Gamma Curve does indeed reduce the camera dynamic range significantly, which is a real problem.

The LI curves do not do this.

The difference is outlined on the EOS Gamma Curve page of the LI website, and is well worth understanding before using the Technicolor curve as in my experience it does indeed cause real problems!

See: https://www.lightillusion.com/canon_curves.html

Cheers, Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Hi William,

As we have discussed separately, the Gamma Curves are monochromatic in operation – they have no ability to alter colour in themselves.

The only way for colour to be altered is if additional camera settings have been adjusted, or if there is some form of colour non-linearity within the camera, causing colour shifts if/when the gamma is adjusted.

The gamma curves have been used in many, many projects with great success. See https://www.lightillusion.com/canon_endorsments.html for some user comments and projects.

Unfortunately, it sounds like you may have a problem with the camera used.

Steve Shaw
LIGHT ILLUSION
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[Steve Shaw]

Hi Ross,

I can’t think of any reason to set the display to 5000K when calibration to Rec709 – it’s just wrong.

And for Video work you will need to set Gamut to the primary values as defined by Rec709. Again, anything else is just wrong.

Accurate calibration is critical, and is worth spending time and some money on as needed.

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Just posted some info on Plasma calibration on the Light Illusion forums… May be of interest, as might be the BMD HDlink Pro thread…

Steve

[Steve Shaw]

Indeed – that says it all.

To quote: “X-Rite absolutely does allow OEMs and 3rd party developers access to our i1Display Pro retail instruments.”

They ALLOW access – but ONLY to other software developers they CHOOSE to allow access…

As I said, this is an X-Rite limitation and ONLY THEY can allow LightSpace access to non-OEM probes.

We have asked for access, but have not yet been allowed. I have no idea if they will allow us access or not.

So as I originally said – this is an X-Rite issue, and not one we can change without their assistance.