colour calibration

[amateurphotographer]

Hi all,

Just a fun chat, I was using ColorChecker passport for years, since they were X-rite. But now I stop using it as I believe the GFX100s colours are "accurate enough" for my clients use, and I put a physical colour chart in the photos I take for them for reference.

What color calibration system are you using, e.g. Calibrite or Datacolor or others or several? And why did you go for that system/software?

I know this topic should have been under "Accessories", but I thought as there are quite a few dedicated photographers here, there would be many using colour calibration software.

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[Macro guy]

I have Datacolor Spyder X. I got it because they were running a sale and it was 50% cheaper than Xrite

 

[JimKasson]

Hi all,

Just a fun chat, I was using ColorChecker passport for years, since they were X-rite. But now I stop using it as I believe the GFX100s colours are "accurate enough" for my clients use, and I put a physical colour chart in the photos I take for them for reference.

What color calibration system are you using, e.g. Calibrite or Datacolor or others or several? And why did you go for that system/software?

I know this topic should have been under "Accessories", but I thought as there are quite a few dedicated photographers here, there would be many using colour calibration software.

I use Eizo displays with built-in calibrators. For making camera profiles I use LumaRiver. In the past, I've used X1 (and Macbeth, and Monaco) software with spectrophotometers for making printer profiles.

 

[ampimagedotcom]

What color calibration system are you using, e.g. Calibrite or Datacolor or others or several? And why did you go for that system/software?

I would usually shoot tethered, so I’d mainly just eyeball it, e.g. I'd try to make it look the same on screen as it was in front of me and everyone else who was at the shoot…



.. because that’s usually what everyone (including the client) would sign off on.

Especially true when working with mixed lighting...



.. or when you don't want it to look like it was shot in the middle of the day.

But if it was colour critical, like catalogue work for example, then I’d use either the GretagMacbeth ColorChecker…



.. or just a piece of white paper…



.. if I didn't have the ColorChecker with me.

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Cheers,
Ashley.

 

[Crispy_Bee]

Hi all,

Just a fun chat, I was using ColorChecker passport for years, since they were X-rite. But now I stop using it as I believe the GFX100s colours are "accurate enough" for my clients use, and I put a physical colour chart in the photos I take for them for reference.

What color calibration system are you using, e.g. Calibrite or Datacolor or others or several? And why did you go for that system/software?

I know this topic should have been under "Accessories", but I thought as there are quite a few dedicated photographers here, there would be many using colour calibration software.

I use Eizo displays with built-in calibrators. For making camera profiles I use LumaRiver. In the past, I've used X1 (and Macbeth, and Monaco) software with spectrophotometers for making printer profiles.

Same here.

Lumariver is excellent due to all the settings and adjustments - and the profiles actually work with both Lightroom and CaptureOne (though they require different workflows within Lumariver).

The ColorChecker profiling in LR is 'ok' but there's virtually nothing to adjust - and for CaptureOne the software has never produces usable profiles, they always have issues with black levels. Besides the Passport has a very limited gamut coverage, there are far better targets available.

 

[Erik Kaffehr]

This was shot on my P45+ with Adobe Standard and a profile genearated by LumaRiver Profile Designer. Both white balanced on second neutral patch on the color checker passport.

IMHO these show huge differences, with Adobe standard not being great with the P45+.

With other cameras, the Adobe profiles may work better. On some subjects the Adobe profiles may be preferable, it may have stronger (more saturated) color.

Best regards

Erik

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[ampimagedotcom]

This was shot on my P45+ with Adobe Standard and a profile genearated by LumaRiver Profile Designer. Both white balanced on second neutral patch on the color checker passport.

IMHO these show huge differences, with Adobe standard not being great with the P45+.

With other cameras, the Adobe profiles may work better. On some subjects the Adobe profiles may be preferable, it may have stronger (more saturated) color.

Interesting!

When I placed the Adobe image on top of the Lumariver image, and set the Opacity to around 70%, it looked about right to me.

Another way to do it, would be to create a layer of the Adobe image, add a touch of warmth and then again set the Opacity to around 70%.

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Creating images to tell a story... just for you!
Cheers,
Ashley.

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Hi all,

Just a fun chat, I was using ColorChecker passport for years, since they were X-rite. But now I stop using it as I believe the GFX100s colours are "accurate enough" for my clients use, and I put a physical colour chart in the photos I take for them for reference.

What color calibration system are you using, e.g. Calibrite or Datacolor or others or several? And why did you go for that system/software?

I know this topic should have been under "Accessories", but I thought as there are quite a few dedicated photographers here, there would be many using colour calibration software.

I use a Sekonic Spectrometer (U-800) for measuring light temperature. I also take a ColorChecker Passport reference shot.

I rarely use the ColorChecker for full colour profiling as most of my work will be colour graded to some extent. White balance is far more important for me.

My Eizo monitor and Wacom Cintiq gets calibrated with a ColorChecker Studio.
I leave my MacBook Pro at factory calibration as a reference to what most people see on their iPhone and iPads.

 

[Erik Kaffehr]

This was shot with three different cameras in the same setting, all using profiles generated using Lumariver. Note the difference in the rendition of the white shirt. The shirt almost ceratinly has a lot of OBEs, Optical Brightening Agents.

Best regards

Erik

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[Manzur Fahim]

I use the old, trusty x-rite calibrator. Though it is not needed anymore. I tried calibrating my monitor, and the software determined that no calibration needed except for lowering the brightness a little. Happy with my monitor: ASUS ProArt PA329C.