The Spyder 5 Studio kit from Datacolor is a cool collection of tools that ensure your photographs are captured perfectly, your editing equipment is providing you with true-to-life colours and your printing is on point.

The Spyder 5 studio has been designed by professional photographers for professional photographers and includes the SpyderCUBE with protective pouch, the Spyder5ELITE colorimeter with USB, the SpyderPRINT spectrocolorimeter with base, and the SpyderGuide, as well as a protective hard case, a couple of anti-bacterial wipes to get you started and a welcome card with a software download link.

So, here is a quick overview of the most important devices in this kit, starting with the SpyderCUBE: The CUBE uses common tools found in colour managed application such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. Simply take a reference shot with the SpyderCUBE under each lighting condition, adjust it, save it, and then apply this to your entire series of photos. You can hang the device in the shoot or attach it to a tripod mount. The SpyderCUBE is constructed of ABS Cycoloy, a hybrid resin that is fade proof, durable and shock resistant.

Next up is the Spyder 5 ELITE. This clever little device ensures you have colour accuracy throughout all your monitors and projectors, calibrating for perfectionists with a dual mode operation, wizard and expert mode. The room light monitor determines the ideal monitor brightness for you to see the fine shadows and highlights in your photos, which ensures that your editing matches how your final prints will look. You can access a before and after visual of your calibration results with your own images on full screen, allowing you to focus on the most important details of your image. This device guarantees colour accuracy with the only patented seven-detector optical engine, and is compact and portable, with a built-in lens cap and tripod mount.

The Spyder PRINT lets you print and measure colour patches and create custom RGB printer profiles for perfect print matching. It is compatible with lots of different types of printer including photography, fine art and post card printers, as well as others. The extended grey targets let you include and measure precision-grey and near-grey patches, allowing you to enhance the quality of tinted and black and white prints. The software can be used with either individual colour patches or strips.

This may all seem a bit overwhelming at first, but once you get your head around the gear, it is fairly easy to use, and ensures consistent and true images from shutter to edit to print. RRP £349.99

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Complete kit

SpyderCUBE captures scene white balance and exposure data

Spyder5ELITE calibrates and profiles desktop and laptop displays

SpyderPRINT controls brightness, white point and tone response for all printers, inks and papers

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