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Every photographer is aware of the fact that the color temperature of light does affect color. Also a change in brightness of the environment results in changing contrasts. These light performances can be controlled by SpyderCheckr and SpyderCube which accompany the balance and let it incorporate into the workflow.

SpyderCheckr includes 48 color references, from bright white to weak and strong saturated colors, up to a deep black. These colors are used for reference-related software, to balance the color channels of the camera among each other. This ensures the colors to be represented faithfully and reliably.

SpyderCube provides reference values which you can't find in any other tool, to make a reliable contrast balance possible. You can differentiate between absolute white (chrome ball) and a structure with a white surface, which are used for the RAW setting of the exposure slider, so that the lights can be set up precisely. Furthermore SpyderCube has a structured black zone and a black trap of absolute black, which is always a searchable reference for the black slider of the Raw settings.

As a loyal Datacolor customer, your continued satisfaction in the use of our Spyder products is our primary focus in customer support. With the ever changing operating systems and compatibility issues that arise from system upgrades, we are committed to provide our customers with the necessary support required to continue using our proven color management tools.

So if you have a Spyder product and want to upgrade to the new Mac® OS X Lion (v 10.7) operating system, Datacolor will update your software to allow you to use your device with this new Apple® OS.

Until the new versions are available there are a few things you can do by yourself to use the current version of the software and perform your calibration:

If you are running MacOS in an Asian language, there is a general problem which will force an error directly when you start the software. To avoid this, simply change the language of MacOS in the System Preferences to any non-asian language (e.g. english, french, german), launch the Spyder3 software, perform your calibration and set it back to the original language.

Beside this, we have listed all know issues and workarounds on our website.

If you have any questions, please contact our customer support center for help.

Manuela Accarpio is the lucky winner of our photo workshop in Genova.

In May, our Facebook fans were asked to post one of their images with the title "Spyder goes Genova" on our Facebook page. With over 50 votes Manuela's photo won. For a week she participated in the workshop of award-winning and globally renowned photographer Melissa Farlow (e.g. National Geographic magazine) although Manuela was 9th months pregnant! A strong performance! Have a look at the happy winner video.

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Welcome to our new Friends With Vision member - David Tejada.

David is one of Colorado's most highly regarded location corporate photographers and internationally recognized for his dramatic and innovative photographic lighting techniques and graphic style.

With more than twenty seven years of shooting experience, David has developed a clear understanding of both corporate and designer needs. His work successfully integrates exciting color and strong graphic compositions to effectively communicate his client's message.

In addition, David is on tour in Europe with his workshop series "Small Strobes - Big Results". So if you want to participate in one of his one-day-flash workshops no matter whether you are a Canon / Nikon / Fuji / Sony photographer, you will find more information at the following link.