X-Rite Colorchecker Passport - Worth it or not ?

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Can anyone tell me if the X-Rite Colorchecker Passport is worth buying if you already use WB devices (white/black/grey cards) when out shooting ?
Does the "extra" ability to profile the colours make a significant improvement ?
(for use with Lr and Ps)

I've watched a few tut vids and I think it might be useful, but if anyone has one, please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you :)
 
No and yes.

I personally don't think the X-rite is worth the money for what it is (i'm a weekend warrior), but if you were a full time professional tog then the answer imo is yes.

Yes i think (depending on your work) colour profiling your camera on each shoot or change of lighting conditions is worth it as the results do speak for themselves.

I use a PVC coated 6x4 card from http://www.greywhitebalancecolourcard.co.uk/ (buy it from the bay for £10 ). Build the profile in the Adobe DNG editor, add that into Lightroom / Photoshop / ACR and you do get better colour accuracy than using a grey card alone.

A quick example tonight, both SOOC, before grey colour temperature balanced only, after full colour profile applied. Assuming you have a calibrated monitor the right hand image is far more accurate than grey profiling alone.

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Sh4rkie said:
No and yes.

I personally don't think the X-rite is worth the money for what it is (i'm a weekend warrior), but if you were a full time professional tog then the answer imo is yes.

Yes i think (depending on your work) colour profiling your camera on each shoot or change of lighting conditions is worth it as the results do speak for themselves.

I use a PVC coated 6x4 card from http://www.greywhitebalancecolourcard.co.uk/ (buy it from the bay for £10 ). Build the profile in the Adobe DNG editor, add that into Lightroom / Photoshop / ACR and you do get better colour accuracy than using a grey card alone.

A quick example tonight, both SOOC, before grey colour temperature balanced only, after full colour profile applied. Assuming you have a calibrated monitor the right hand image is far more accurate than grey profiling alone.
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Thank you very much, great feedback :)
I'm more of a monthly or even quarterly warrior. But, results matter.
 
You're very welcome.

The simple way i see it is for £10 it has the potential to save a lot of time in my post workflow. Obviously everything is done to taste anyway but if i'm confident my starting point is pretty solid for accuracy it makes life a lot easier :)
 
Sh4rkie said:
You're very welcome.

The simple way i see it is for £10 it has the potential to save a lot of time in my post workflow. Obviously everything is done to taste anyway but if i'm confident my starting point is pretty solid for accuracy it makes life a lot easier :)
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Does the coloured square side of the card have a 18% grey square, like the reverse side or are the greys not 18% grey ?
 
Thanks from me Sh4rkie, I've been meaning to get one of these for ages but wanted something like the one you bought, ordered the combo cards which will come in handy.
 
Just to update this thread, for anyone that gives a shizzle.

I bought the card, that "Sh4rkie" mentioned, excellent product/value.
I also tried the free Adobe DNG, what a pile of digital excrement (the S word is probably censored).
Most of the time it fails to create a profile, complaining about they grey patch as a colour cast and other BS error messages.

Anyway, in search of alternative software, I found, downloaded, used X-Rite's ColourChecker Passport own software.
It works all the time, even if the card is placed really small in the scene.

Download via the "Support > Software Downloads" section of http://xritephoto.com/ph_product_overview.aspx?id=1257&catid=28
All you need is "ColorChecker Camera Calibration 1.0.2" and you maybe, "DNG ProfileManager Software 1.0.3" if you wanted to enable/disable profiles.

To sum up, you get the X-Rite CC P, for the price of cheaper card :D
 
Marzipanogram said:
Just to update this thread, for anyone that gives a shizzle.

I bought the card, that "Sh4rkie" mentioned, excellent product/value.
I also tried the free Adobe DNG, what a pile of digital excrement (the S word is probably censored).
Most of the time it fails to create a profile, complaining about they grey patch as a colour cast and other BS error messages.

Anyway, in search of alternative software, I found, downloaded, used X-Rite's ColourChecker Passport own software.
It works all the time, even if the card is placed really small in the scene.

Download via the "Support > Software Downloads" section of http://xritephoto.com/ph_product_overview.aspx?id=1257&catid=28
All you need is "ColorChecker Camera Calibration 1.0.2" and you maybe, "DNG ProfileManager Software 1.0.3" if you wanted to enable/disable profiles.

To sum up, you get the X-Rite CC P, for the price of cheaper card :D
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Excellent :)
 
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