Datacolor SpyderCheckr Photo

I do find it leans a tad green. I normally set my camera to flash white balance because I'm either using speedlights or monolights. Keeping on one balance setting is so much faster in processing than auto - where every shot...View More evaluates slightly differently. That change alone, when I discovered it several years ago, made syncing images way faster! Adding the Checkr speeds it up another notch. In a very simple workflow, just work on the color correction for the shot of the Checkr, then in LR,View Less

Okay, let's get the main misconception out of the way first. These devices are NOT a 'super accurate grey card'; their use case is not white balance. It is to colour match images (and more importantly - video...View More footage) when you are using multiple cameras. You *can* use this device as a grey card, but you will be paying well over the odds if you do! The use case of a Color swatch like this is to create a color correction that makes all your capture devices consistent to each other. IfView Less

Datacolor Spyder Checkr Photo for Color Accuracy & Consistency, Portable Color Matching Tool with 62 Color Targets, Color Correction Chart, Color Card for Photography & Portraits I thought getting this would help me make...View More better photos. But i dont get it. I kkow the general idea is you take a picture of the book where you are shooting with the ibject you are shooting to then later tweak. But it doesnt hold your hand while doing this. You already need to know how to use it to use it. ThatView Less

Can’t imagine working in professional photography without it

Both the left and right color cards have the gray target and exposure chips on the reverse side. The spine of the card has a 1/4-20 female thread on the bottom, and a retractable 1/4-20 male screw on the top. The protective case...View More is plastic, but feels okay. It stays shut with magnets which feel nice. I would absolutely pay an extra $50-100 for a metal version of the case. It works great with MBR Color Corrector 3.0, and I know there’s some controversy over this chart not havingView Less