Adorama QpCard 101, 3 Cards with Black / Gray / White Colors used for the White Balance System of Digital Cameras.

by QpCARD

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002K6F66
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 24, 2003

Product Description

QP Card 101... The easiest, most cost-effective aid for balancing digital images. Even with correctly set and calibrated computers, software and monitors, you must balance a digital image against the monitor. A guaranteed neutral grey surface in the image simplifies balancing. It is complicated to carry around a cumbersome grey card and position it at a suitable place in the subject. In addition, the grey card becomes thumbed, dirty and faded from the light, so that after a while it is no longer neutral grey. QPcard solves these problems. QPcard is small, lightweight and inexpensive. The size of the card is 142mm x 40mm (About 5 1/2" x 1 1/2"). The Qpcard 101 is a strip of paper with white, gray and black colors. The pad of QPcards comes in a protective resealable foil bag that fits easily into a camera case or pocket. The cards have adhesive on the back so that they can be attached to virtually any surface. The grey surface is completely neutral and reflects 18% light. A white and black patch can be used for contrast adjustment. In addition, the card can be used as a dimensional reference. The paper is used to get a 'gray scale reading for reference when color balancing your monitor using photoshop. Qpcard is also a self-adhesive multi-function reference card for digital images shot by digital cameras or scanned from negatives or slides.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, February 26, 2006

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Bonnie M. Cargol (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adorama QpCard 101, 3 Cards with Black / Gray / White Colors used for the White Balance System of Digital Cameras. (Electronics)

These are pretty good for digital photography colormatching. Through there are more precise methods out there involving lots of color samples and lots of steps (I should point out that those are necessary in print matching since printers don't print white and usually don't use color ink to make black),these get it right 99% of the time. To use them just take one picture with the card in it and shoot the rest of your pictures useing the same white ballance and color settings in the camera. load the picture with the card into your favorite editing program and equalize the RGB levels, use LEVELS in photoshop, for the white and the black. do the grey last as you will probbably need to match it useing color curves instead of levels (or else you'll change your white and black settings at the same time). save the color corrections (or remember them) and apply them to all subsequent photographs.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Made of thin paper - easily damaged - got wet - worthless, June 18, 2008

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Frank Edema "photo moto" (intransit, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adorama QpCard 101, 3 Cards with Black / Gray / White Colors used for the White Balance System of Digital Cameras. (Electronics)

I was disappointed with these - you can't tell how light and thin they are from the photos. They are made out of light paper. I would have gotten something more durable and not wasted money on these if I had known. When they are in the camera bag they get crumpled and damaged easily, and if they get wet (I should have known!) they turn into a soggy mess. For a paper card printed with black, grey and white paint, these are too expensive.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Flimsy and Cheap. Don't bother., January 21, 2009

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Sam Archer (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adorama QpCard 101, 3 Cards with Black / Gray / White Colors used for the White Balance System of Digital Cameras. (Electronics)

You get three of these when you purchase.

They are made of flimsy paper. The cards crack if you fold them and the colors rub off in your pocket.

These become worthless after a day if you don't baby them.
I would buy the hard, keychain size 18% gray cards if I had to do it again.

Don't waste your money on this one.