To mark 10 years since the original ColorChecker Passport, X-Rite have enhanced the original Passport. It now includes a new 18% Grey Target, providing increased functionality to also support a traditional grey balance workflow. This could also be used as a neutral balance to remove colour casts. It now also includes a lanyard, increasing portability.
Key Features:
Classic Target
Industry standard 24 patch colour reference
Used with included software to create custom camera profiles for DNG and TIFF (ICC) workflows
Supported in other 3rd party software (Hasselblad Phocus, Black Magic DaVinci Resolve, 3D LUT Creator)
Creative Enhancement
Middle two rows: Creative refinement of white balance to warm or cool an image, or series of images
Bottom row: a visual reference for judging, controlling and editing images for shadow details or highlight clipping
Top row: HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) spectrum patches
Grey Balance
A spectrally neutral middle grey target that gives 18% reflectance
Use for setting proper camera exposure
Quickly check lighting ratios, important for portrait photography
Alternate choice for custom neutral balancing camera
White Balance
A spectrally neutral extra-light grey
Use to custom white balance camera to: Eliminate colour casts, speed up post production colour editing
What's in the box?
ColorChecker Classic target
Creative enhancement target
White balance target
Addition of an 18% Grey target
Now includes a lanyard for better portability