The first stand alone camera DNG profiling solution…
The ColorChecker Passport is a must have for any serious photographer and offers the first stand alone camera DNG profiling and RAW workflow solution for use within any RAW file editor.
ColorChecker Passport consists of three photographic targets, in one pocket sized protective case and camera calibration software on DVD, making it ideal for all types of work, providing effortless colour control and creative versatility.
Creative Enhancement Target – Get creative with your images in a single click. This target allows evaluation of highlight and shadow detail, in addition to warming and cooling white balance patches.
Classic Target – Industry standard 24 patch classic colour reference target for creating camera profiles and evaluating specific colours
White Balance Target – New white balance target for more accurate control
ColorChecker Passport also includes camera calibration software that works with the Classic Target and allows you to create custom DNG profiles, in its own standalone software and also as a plug-in for Adobe Lightroom 2.
Available from http://www.perfectink.co.uk/product/xrite-colorchecker-passport-camera-dng-profiles
Correct white balance is important in digital shooting and most cameras will do a decent job if left on auto white balance. You are however at the mercy of the cameras electronics.
An often used approach is to leave the camera set on Auto White Balance (AWB), shoot in RAW mode and then choose the white balance later in your RAW converter.
Setting the correct white balance in your camera, is important to ensure the objects that are white, are actually displayed white within the photograph. Just about every photographer at one stage or another, has taken a photograph that contained a blueish tinge.
Matt Kloskowski explains what happens to your JPEGs when you shoot in the Raw+JPEG mode on your camera.
In Adobe Lightroom 2, the Claritiy Control Slider can can be set to a Negative value which can be used to soften skin when used in conjunction with the Adjustment Brush.
Watch the video where Matt Kloskowski demonstrates the feature…
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A new episode is launched every Thursday at around 21:00 GMT
It is hosted by two of the top digital photographers,
ISO sensitivity expresses the speed of photographic negative materials (formerly expressed as ASA).
Since digital cameras do not use film but use image sensors instead, the ISO equivalent is usually given.
What ISO denotes is how sensitive the image sensor is to the amount of light present. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the image sensor and therefore the possibility to take pictures in low-light situations.
Exposure is the amount of light collected by the sensor in your camera during a single picture. If the shot is exposed too long the photograph will be washed out. If the shot is exposed too short the photograph will appear too dark. Almost all cameras today have light meters which measure the light in the given shot and set an ideal exposure automatically.
Shutter speed is the speed at which the camera opens the shutter (the little flap inside your camera that opens just enough to let some light through when you click) and lets the light fall on the sensor/film to record the picture. Shutter speed is important to your photographs as the quicker the shutter speed, the sharper the image will be.
The main function of a camera lens is to collect light. The aperture of a lens is the diameter of the lens opening and is usually controlled by an iris. The larger the diameter of the aperture, the more light reaches the film / image sensor.
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