Reddit reviews X-Rite ColorChecker Classic (MSCCC)
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DESIGNED FOR IMAGING PROS: This industry standard 24-patch Classic target is used to create custom camera and scanner profiles. Works with free X-Rite ColorChecker Camera Calibration software to create custom ICC and DNG camera profiles.ACCURACY & CONSISTENCY: Color patches will remain the same as the light changes for professional-quality consistency . Each square reflects light in a similar way as its real-life counterpart in all parts of the visible spectrum, under any illumination.IDEAL COLOR: Use the ColorChecker Classic to compare, measure and analyze differences in color reproduction and avoid costly mistakes with trial-and-error color adjustments while editing images.COLOR MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE: X-Rite is the leader in color management solutions. Our color matching products can help you get you the right color every time, accurately & consistently, whether you're an enthusiast or professional photographer or filmmakerCOMPARE THE QUALITY: Use with Capture One for custom ICC camera profiling and Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom for custom DNG camera profiling. Also supported by Hasselblad Phocus for camera profiling and DaVinci Resolve for video color grading.
Buying a colorchecker like this can help you a lot, especially when using cheap equipment that is difficult to control.
Learning how to color-grade footage early on will follow you throughout your career.
LOL I feel ya, I live in central Oregon where there's trees and more trees.
If your taking Photos with your drone you only want to use the circled polarizer for the most part. Mavic has limited photo capabilitys compared to the DJI phantom pro 4. Reason for this is because you have no aprature control. Without aprature control your photos will look flat and much darker due to the High apprature.
The aprature on the mavic "not exactly sure exact spec" would be something along the lines of Fs-16 "F-stop" so that you can capture the most amount of in focused video. This bennifits video due to the fact you don't have to worry about uniformaty in depth of field across difffent sets of captured video. Video people will Use ND or nutral density filters In place of an aprature because you can still shoot at that Fs-16 keeping your same depth of field but reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor. ND 2 1 F-stop, ND 4 2 FS, ND 8 etc etc. Of course you can do things like Ajust shutter speed and ISO, but when you do that you loose uniformity between your videos.
I always try to stay below ISO 200 with a 125 shutter speed for slow pans and slow flying or Tripod mode, 500 shutter speed for high speed flying or chasing. Then use the ND filters to further adjust my exposure.
As for photos you will want to get a sharpie and mark an area on your lens, then mark your circular polarizer with different keys so you can sorta get an idea how to put it on your mavic. If you hold the polarizer up to the light and look threw it, you will notice when twisting it you will get different levels of hue and saturation. So this is very much trial and error type thing. But once you get it set up it's pretty easy to remember how you put on your lens with the adjustments marks.
If you want to be a protectionist or just have an easier time adjusting your photos or video in post, get your self a large color checker chart. THis will make your life soooooooooo much easier when trying to adjust your final product. https://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-MSCCC-ColorChecker-Classic/dp/B000JLO31C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502210162&sr=8-2&keywords=xrite+color+checker
The idea is you take a sample photo or video in the location your going to be filming in direct sunlight or average shooting conditions if possible. Then once you go into post you color correct and make all your adjustments to your sample and copy all adjustments to the rest of your photos or video. You will now have near perfect uniformity across everything.
Anything else feel free to ask!
Thanks. Very helpful.
Another related question. During slates on our show the PA would often hold up a colour chart.
Should I just compile these and throw them at the end of the sequence? That's what I did for episode 1 but the colourist never mentioned it and is away on vacation while I'm prepping Ep. 2.
If they still made plasmas, I'd buy one. The newest, highest-end TVs are getting pretty good, but the OLEDs just aren't as amazing as they are claiming they are. Projectors are still the best for image quality, but they cost an absolute fortune for a real 4k projector and still a ton for a 1080p one (don't trust the Amazon listings, the no-brand "1080p" projectors there are usually 800x600 at best; they just have an HDMI input so they are "1080p compatible".)
I have a color reference sheet that a friend in the printing industry gave me a while ago; i have no idea what the official term for it is, but it's a plastic sheet with the reddest, yellowest, greenest, blue-est, etc shades of each of those colors I've ever seen. It's fun to hold it up to the TV and compare TV green to a 'real' green (and green is so often slightly off-color), TV red to 'real' red, etc. The sheet isn't supposed to be used like this, it's supposed to be used against printed material rather than emissive things so it's impossible to actually get the lighting right for the sheet because the light would wash out the TV image. But if you see it outside I daylight you get a good idea of the full color spectrum. Edit: its a lot like this, except it doesn't have exterior borders so it's easier to hold up to things and compare, and some of the blocks are extremes of the shades rather than 'natural' colors. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JLO31C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_LZuSDbT4TEZ1R