X-Rite Color Checker Exposure Aid, 8-1/2" x 11"

by X-Rite

Product Details

• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000ALKEJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

One of the most photographed images in the world, a checkerboard 4x6 array of 24 2" scientifically prepared colored squares in a wide range of colors used for calibrating and evaluating color reproduction systems. Many of these squares represent natural colors such as human skin, foliage, and blue sky. The industry standard for color comparison. The ColorChecker is 8.5"x11.5" proportioned to fill a 35mm frame. Packaged in a protective sleeve with instructions describing suggested applications and technical information.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars color card is goooooooooood!, January 3, 2007

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the customer (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Rite Color Checker Exposure Aid, 8-1/2" x 11" (Electronics)

What to say about Gretag Macbeth? They rock the photography world, and color management.

Good quality, it comes with good packaging so that you can travel with the device without messing up the color panels. The reflective quality is excellent. The various levels of grey make it really easy to use with C1Pro, and Photoshop. If you're a pro photographer you need this. It also comes with some really cool tips and tricks, and has great info printed on the card back.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Macbeth tablet extremely useful, January 9, 2007

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Robert F. Dvorak "Bob D." (Lincoln, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Rite Color Checker Exposure Aid, 8-1/2" x 11" (Electronics)

I use the Gretag Macbeth Color Checker as a color calibration aid when taking photographs. I also use it to check color calibration on my HP scanner. It is an extremely high quality color standard, featuring a realistic range of colors and has proven to be very useful!

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why so expensive?, August 24, 2008

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Newlpost "Newlpost" (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: X-Rite Color Checker Exposure Aid, 8-1/2" x 11" (Electronics)

When you see it it is self evident that this is not some mass printed card.

There is a reality we live with. Right now digital cameras can take in far greater color information than our monitors can show us. This is like "play" in a steering mechanism. You don't know exactly what that setting means. Somewhere between viewing and printing ($$$) you need to get a grip on actuality.

Simply getting red right might badly maul everything else. But having a color card attuned to 24 natural colors (those are not just random colors) gives an opportunity to tune your system to reality.

In a slightly untuned system the card will show WRONG colors. So shoot the card in any serious work. Cheap insurance.