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Hello community,
I’m turning to you for help because, frankly, I’m confused and not sure what the hell I’m doing anymore. A few years ago, I bought a SpyderX Pro colorimeter to calibrate my Dell IPS screen, and it seemed to work well enough. But now that I’ve moved to a QD-OLED monitor (FO27Q3), every time I calibrate, I end up with a green tint, a stronger gamma, and based on what I can observe, no real change in colors.
The green tint is what bothers me the most and makes me feel the calibration is off. I suspect I’m either using incorrect settings in the software or that the SpyderX Pro just isn’t capable of handling QD-OLED displays properly.
I came across a post here where someone went through a similar issue but used a different colorimeter and different settings I don’t see in my DisplayCAL. They switched from CIE1931 2° to CIE2012 2° (which I have no idea how to do, )and used a correction profile not intended for the SpyderX Pro, and frankly, I don’t know how to replicate any of that.
To give you more context, I’m a photographer, mainly working in black and white. I use Adobe software for editing and I only work in sRGB. I’m not printing at the moment, maybe sometime in the future just for myself, but right now, I just need a screen I can trust for accurate editing.
If anyone could guide me in choosing the right settings, understanding my limitations with the SpyderX Pro, or suggest a better approach altogether, I’d be very grateful. Any help would mean a lot.
Thank you in advance!
SpyderX Pro on Amazon
Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.The issue is that the Spyder X is not made to adapt to emerging display tech like QD-OLED. I hate to disappoint but this is how Datacolor chose to design their colorimeter, it’s restricted to the panel types hardcoded into the hardware. Calibrite colorimeters on the other hand can make use of user-generated spectral corrections, meaning that it can be used for new panel tech years from now as long as the community provide spectral corrections.
Your best bet without hardware upgrade is setting the white point visually against a 6500k viewing booth.
You should get an an X-Rite i1 Display Pro/Plus, a Calibrite ColorChecker Display Pro/Plus or a NEC MDSV Sensor 3 (a rebranded i1 Display Pro). Any of them will allow you to use the right spectral correction for your QD-OLED monitor.
Just don’t buy a Calibrite Display Pro HL/Plus HL. Due to their reduced low-light sensitivity they handle OLED’s noticeably worse than regular i1 Display Pro/Plus sensors.
