ColorChecker Passport and Landscape Photography

[PBC]

Quick question - hopefully :-)

I am thinking of trying a custom camera profile using ColorChecker Passport for my landscape work to create a generic camera profile I can use as a base for all my post processing.

As I mainly shoot in the early or late parts of the day and hardly ever at midday, what light should I use to create my profile and I am assuming I only need a single profile and not a dual?

Appreciate all help

Phil

[JRSmit]

Good question. You could still go for a dual. One at around midday and one late afternoon or early morning. Then create a dual profile.
What i did in those cases is still create a profile. But setting the color temperature using the second whitest swatch is mostly wrong, there you have to rely on your judgement.

[digitaldog]

As I mainly shoot in the early or late parts of the day and hardly ever at midday, what light should I use to create my profile and I am assuming I only need a single profile and not a dual?

You only need one profile, for daylight.

See:


In this 30 minute video, we’ll look into the creation and use of DNG camera profiles in three raw converters. The video covers:

What are DNG camera profiles, how do they differ from ICC camera profiles.
Misconceptions about DNG camera profiles.
Just when, and why do you need to build custom DNG camera profiles?
How to build custom DNG camera profiles using the X-rite Passport software.
The role of various illuminants on camera sensors and DNG camera profiles.
Dual Illuminant DNG camera profiles.
Examples of usage of DNG camera profiles in Lightroom, ACR, and Iridient Developer.

Low Rez (YouTube):
http://youtu.be/_fikTm8XIt4

High Rez (download):
http://www.digitaldog.net/files/DNG%20Camera%20profile%20video.mov

[rpsphoto]

Google Joe Brady. He has done several webinars about this very topic and some of them were recorded. Check the Color Checker website as well.

[Ligament]

digitaldog's tutorial is amazing, really clarifies an obscure topic. Thank you.

[PBC]

Agree. Thanks DigitalDog the video explains it all and clearly answers my question