Very excited today to get my hands on one of the new products from x-rite called the colorchecker passport.
This allows you to build custom colour profiles for cameras. Its simple to use – just shoot a frame with the checker in and then use this to build a custom profile that can then be used in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom.
Initial test look good, blues are more accurate (see the blue pot above), as are other colours like the teracotta pots, though reds look a little high. (Click on the image above to see a larger version).
I have given up on camera profiles in the past as the chart I used (a previous x-rite product called the SG) had a sheen on the colour tiles that made lighting/positioning the chart very difficult. The matt surface of the new product makes placement and readings much easier.
The charts are encased in a hard plastic shell that acts as its own stand and looks to be very well made, a bit of a bargin for about £80 inc VAT.
More testing to be done but Im happy with the initial results and look forward to using it on a commercial shoot next month.
You can read more here:
http://shop.colourconfidence.com/product.php?xProd=2686″
(Ellie the cat muscled in on the shot without prompting)
Stephen