Mine has a certificate from 2010. It seems to be resulting in Luts with lost of banding/controuring and strange colors in them when uploaded to eecolor box, despite reporting 99% correctness. Same problem on two panels (one LCD, one Plasma) and two LUT boxes, and same problem when uploading 33Davinci cube (from same export) to display LUT within Davinci. It just seems to have made a bad profile, or a bad LUT.

I am trying to figure out what the problem is. Should I set DaVinci to 8 bit rather than 10 bit when profiling? Some other problem? What sized profile cube should I make (I used '21)

Sounds like bad profile data to me.
(Very bad actually)

Hubble probes should be recertified every year, so 2010 is well out of date.

Steve

OK, that's what I figured. Would you know of where I can get my Hubble re-certified in North America? Do you guys certify probes? Does "certification" mean calibration?

Also... How long does an iD3 stay good? I've heard less expensive probes tend to drift even faster, but I'm not sure that's true.

Is a Discus going to be as fast as a Hubble?

BTW - Thank you for your amazingly prompt reply. I just sang Lightspace's praises in my color grading class on FXPHD - and its' not just the great software that makes Lightspace great, it's you.

The i1D3 should be recertified each year too.
This is a rule of thumb for all probes to be honest.
However, with all probes the conditions they are kept in, and the amount they are used, will effect this.

The Discus is about the same as the Hubble, if not a bit faster, and better in the shadows,

Steve

Oh - and the Hubble needs to be sent back to X-Rite for recertification - which is recalibration.

See their Support pages.

Steve

Who offers probe certification and is any good?

OOPS, you beat me to answer....

I've read that the Discuss, because of its glass components, will stay good longer. Is that true?

No, not really...
The lens is just one of the aspects of any probe that 'drifts'.

Steve

Godo to know! Thanks!