Hi all, I need help in how to calibrate the camera, I'm using the Spyder Data colour checker. I don't want to overwrite anything wrong. Thanks Brenden
You don't color calibrate the camera with any hardware like that, that said you can adjust the as shot preferences starting around page 59 in the manual, so if you want to shoot sepia, or punch up the contrast, or adjust the color temperature you surely can... https://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300004270/02/eos5dmkii-im5-c-en.pdf Generally its best to just shoot raw and have everything tonally neutral and edit in Lightroom or something similar. What you do need to calibrate is your monitor, so you know what your output is when you go to print.
I was using the Spyder Data colour checker and the program has options to calibrate the camera. I am sure I have heard people saying they calibrate the camera or lens?
The sensor has tendencies, on how they read color, and Canon has calibrated it from factory. I really don't know anyone who has touched a camera calibration themselves and i have had DSLRs for 20 years. Again the industry standard is shoot "neutral" using raw and adjust accordingly in post processing, raw allows you to change setting in post without taking away information from the file. Now some people do touch printer calibration but that is a rabbit hole in and of itself using drivers and profiles.
Spyder lens calibration has to do with tweaking focus, there are tons of pages about calibrating micro lens adjustment to focus, you don't need a kit for this just a focus chart and a ruler. That said you usually shouldn't have to touch this as they leave the factory tested within a acceptable range.
