What brightness level should I use when calibrating with Spyderx Pro? I am calibrating my monitor using a Spyder X Pro for photography editing/printing. When I start the calibration, it asks if I want to use its recommendation of 200cd/m^2 after taking a test of the room light. 200 cd/m^2 is recommended with my office light stand on. But 200cd/m^2 feels too bright for my screen, to the point where it hurts my eyes…

Why would calibrating my monitor with a Spyder 5 Express and Displaycal have this effect? Should have taken a picture with my phone or something but I didn’t think to at the time. I tried calibrating my monitor with a Spyder 5 express, room was completely dark, I got the RGB and brightness bars in the first section very close to the middle and then just let it do its thing and applied the profile when it was done. The resulting prof…