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Datacolor Spyder5EXPRESS – Designed for Hobbyist Photographers (S5X100)

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Spyder5 Express
Brand datacolor
Compatible Devices Desktop
Material Paper
Unit Count 1.0 Count
Screen Size 10.1 Inches
Screen Surface Description Glossy
Number of Items 1

About this item

  • Advanced color accuracy solution for all of your laptop and desktop displays - See, share and print your images just as you intended with confidence. Fast and easy, full calibration takes only about five minutes to ensure color accuracy.
  • Room light monitoring determines optimal monitor brightness so you see fine shadow detail and highlights in your photos, ensuring your edited images match your prints.
  • “Before and After” evaluation of your calibration results using your own photographs, to focus on details that are important to you.
  • Display Analysis feature lets you evaluate and compare the performance of all of your laptop and desktop monitors.
  • In less than five minutes, Spyder5PRO calibrates your monitor to ensure color accuracy and consistency. Not only will photo editing be easier, you will spend less time in the “print-edit-print” cycle and waste less ink and paper.
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Why Calibrate Your Monitor

Most monitors come out of the box with the brightness set too high and with over saturated colors – plus they degrade over time. Your display is the window into your digital image, you need to be able to trust it. Spyder5 calibrates your display to an industry color reference standard to ensure your colors are accurate for better print matching. Your image editing will be easier and faster, you’ll spend less time in the 'print-edit-print' cycle, and you’ll waste less ink and paper.

Top 5 Reasons to Calibrate Your Display

  • Monitors display colors differently.
  • People see colors differently.
  • Prints don’t match your monitor.
  • Image colors are not true to life.
  • Save time and money.

True Color in A Flash

Spyder5EXPRESS creates a unique color profile for your monitor, so you can see the true colors of your photographs. Say goodbye to time wasted on manually correcting your monitor’s preset settings without success. Now skin tones are going to be accurate and the blue sky you shot is going to look blue – not cyan.

Tomorrow's Technology

Next generation Spyder technology comes with a colorimeter that's compact, portable and protected. It includes a dual purpose lens cap and counterweight, and guarantees improved tonal response with the industry's only patented 7-detector optical engine.

Fast & Easy

Spyder5EXPRESS is extremely easy to use and takes just 5 minutes once a month. In a simple 4 step process just select your monitor type, place the Spyder5 on screen, click the 'calibrate' button, and then see your calibration results. There is no need to learn color management theory because the new interactive help provides simple to understand explanations for every step and term.

See Your 'Before and After' Calibration Results with SpyderProof

Seeing a photo in 'Before and After' mode allows you to see your calibration results. The Datacolor standard composite photos highlight changes in color, skin tones, shadow and highlight details, giving you confidence that your monitors achieve precise color accuracy.


System Requirements
  • Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8.0, 8.1 32/64, 10 32/64
  • Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10
  • Monitor resolution 1280x768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24 bit recommended), 1GB of available RAM, 500 MB of available hard disk.
  • Internet connection for software download.
  • USB port

What You Get

  • Spyder5 Colorimeter
  • Welcome Card with software download link and warranty registration.
  • Software Serial Number
  • Reusable storage box
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Customer Reviews
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Designed For Hobbyist photographers seeking a simple monitor color calibration solution Serious photographers and designers seeking a full-featured and advanced color accuracy solution Professional photographers, studios, and calibration perfectionists seeking ultimate control of their color workflow
Hardware Calibration Device Spyder5 Colorimeter Spyder5 Colorimeter Spyder5 Colorimeter
Software 4 Step Process & Interactive help Wizard, Interactive Help, Advanced Features Wizard, Interactive Help, Expert Console, Suite of Expert Features
Calibration Settings Fixed (2) 16 Choices Unlimited choices, user-defined, and Rec.709 for videography
Multiple Monitor Support Laptops & Desktop Monitors Laptops & Desktop Monitors Laptops, Desktop Monitors, Front Projectors & Studio Match Assistant
Before & After Calibration Evaluation Standard Datacolor Image Standard Datacolor Image & Imported User Images Standard Datacolor Image & Imported User Images (Full Screen Mode)
Room Light Monitoring None 3 Ambient Light Settings 5 Ambient Light Settings
Fast Recalibration Option None Yes Yes
Display Analysis None Basic Advanced including Screen Uniformity

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Product Description

Simple color accuracy solution for monitors to help you see true colors on screen and achieve better print matching. Easy and fast calibration for laptops and desktops. Please make sure that your display has been powered up for at least 30 minutes prior to doing a calibration

Customer reviews

4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5
884 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the ease of use of the screen protector. For example, they mention it's easy to setup and use the software. That said, some complain about the software, saying it leaves a lot to be desired and provides poor results. Opinions are mixed on color accuracy, calibration, and value.

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72 customers mention59 positive13 negative

Customers like the performance of the screen protector. For example, they mention it really works well, is easy to use, and produces excellent results. Some say the hardware works great, while others say the software is incredibly basic and limited. That said, most are happy with the performance and functionality of the product.

"...Great price, great product, and after all my research going in, I am glad I went with this product." Read more

"...Works well, with one caveat: The software takes a very long time to install itself...." Read more

"...The Spyder5express worked quite well on my ASUS laptop monitor. Night and day difference...." Read more

"...It works very intuitively. Didn't even bother with the native Spyder5 software. Don't forget the Argyll CMS instrument drivers...." Read more

53 customers mention50 positive3 negative

Customers find the screen protector easy to use and setup. They mention that the software is simple, straightforward, and quick. Some appreciate the online instructions and videos to look at before the set up process.

"...This does a great job of that, and it is super easy to setup...." Read more

"It's simple, easy to use. Just read the instructions...." Read more

"This item did a fantastic job of calibrating my ViewSonic Monitor. It was easy. It was quick...." Read more

"...Read up on the DisplayCAL help file and you'll see how easy it really is to use (and maybe make a donation?)...." Read more

18 customers mention16 positive2 negative

Customers like the quality of the screen protector. They say it is an excellent piece of hardware with good construction. Some say it pairs well with ArgyllCMS and is worth keeping for long term.

"As others have noted, the hardware is great, and coupled with the free DisplayCAL software, everything works great on my Windows 10 system...." Read more

"The hardware is great, the software is crap and the licensing scheme is borderline criminal...." Read more

"It is a quality product beautifully packaged. I bought the lowest edition since the hardware is the same for all versions...." Read more

"...So you can get an excellent piece of hardware and a software with more options that the software provided by Datacolor for this product." Read more

66 customers mention39 positive27 negative

Customers are mixed about the color accuracy of the screen protector. Some mention that the colors and contrast are markedly better with DisplayCAL doing its thing, while others say that there is still a very slight color difference between three screens.

"...Yeah, warm and pleasant to review images from your last romantic adventure, but not accurate at all...." Read more

"...So far, fleshtones have looked great for portraits.Others have mentioned that other free software works with this...." Read more

"...There is still a very slight color difference (hue, saturation) between 3 screens, but I attribute that to the display quality itself...." Read more

"...desktop monitor looks beautiful after the calibarion, and matches my high end printer, which it didn't before the procedure, and I am happy with the..." Read more

48 customers mention19 positive29 negative

Customers are mixed about the calibration of the screen protector. Some mention that the results are definitely noticeable, easy, and satisfied with the final calibration. However, others say that it takes longer than expected to calibrate, does not go well, and is not accurate at all.

"...Works well, with one caveat: The software takes a very long time to install itself...." Read more

"...I'm very satisfied with the final calibration, and the increase in color representation for making color prints on a photo printer." Read more

"...Definitely helpful. It takes longer than expected to calibrate. Just follow instructions and you will be good to go...." Read more

"...works very well with the Spyder hardware and was able to do incredibly accurate settings...." Read more

31 customers mention19 positive12 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the screen protector. Some mention that it's a great unit for the money, an investment, and a good buy. However, others say that it simply isn't worth it, it'll cost you a lot to upgrade, and it'd be better to spend your money on a different product.

"...Great price, great product, and after all my research going in, I am glad I went with this product." Read more

"...give this four stars as I do feel it does an adequate job albeit a little expensive for what it does, and for my other monitor I’d rate it a 1." Read more

"...The calibration procedure takes about two hours but is well worth the time since all of my screens now look even better since I did recalibrate..." Read more

"...model (especially software products), the Spyder is still a relatively great value if you have multiple computers." Read more

20 customers mention0 positive20 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the software that comes with the screen protector. They mention that it leaves a lot to be desired, with quite a few missing options and features. Some say that the software provides poor results, is useless, and inaccurate. They also mention that the bundled software allows only basic functionality.

"...On several occasions, it seems to have stopped installing, and the screen has time to go into sleep mode...." Read more

"...Three of the screens looked pretty good and one of the laptops was not good. I calibrated the laptop two more times with the same poor results...." Read more

"...I also ran into a mild issue with the software database. Their software has nearly all of the manufactures and models listed in it...." Read more

"...Sadly the software provides poor results, as evidenced by the negative reviews you may read...." Read more

Calibrated my Linux desktop and my Windows 7 laptop.
5 Stars
Calibrated my Linux desktop and my Windows 7 laptop.
I got the Spyder5 Express in yesterday and preceded to calibrate the displays on my Ubuntu Studio Linux Desktop and my Windows 7-64 Laptop.There are no instructions on how to use this, so you have to go to the Datacolor website. The website is printed on information in the box. All directions are on the website. You must register the unit before you can download their software.(Note: The only difference between the various units seems to be the software.)1st, I calibrated my Linux desktop computer monitor. I installed DispcalGUI, which is DisplayCal3. This program downloads and installs additional software from the Datacolor website for this unit. After going through the basic information, everything else is automatic until it finishes. The software does extensive testing and took 2.5 hours to test and calibrate the monitor on my Linux desktop. Be sure your screen-saver is turned off. Something that I forgot, so I had to babysit it. (You can't get to the screen-saver controls while DisplayCal is running.)2nd came my Windows 7-64 Laptop.After registering the unit and downloading the Windows software, I ran into some hardware registration issues. Namely, you are not supposed to plug it in to your computer until the software tells you to....I also ran into a mild issue with the software database. Their software has nearly all of the manufactures and models listed in it. My Toshiba laptop was not listed. For that matter, Toshiba was not listed. I simply used the Generic manufacture.But after the software was installed on the Windows laptop, the hardware was recognized, and the basics were covered, the software went through a quick monitor check and started the calibration process. This check and calibration process was nearly all automatic. The Windows check and calibration software took 10 minutes. It does not do an extensive set of testing on Windows Computer Monitors.You will need the serial number of the unit to register it. You will find this number on the bottom and inside of the box.The instructions say that Datacolor software can calibrate 2 monitors at the same time which are hooked to your computer, including TV's used as monitors.The Datacolor license allows you to calibrate up to 5 computer display monitors.
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Wayne L
5.0 out of 5 stars Adjusted monitor colors accurately
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Xorsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Iteración evolutiva de un calibrador indispensable para cualquier aficionado a la foto o imágenes.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 31, 2018
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Effective.
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Jean Bal
5.0 out of 5 stars Bien meilleure que la Spyder 3 et parfaite avec DisplayCAL
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