Description
Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Photo 2: The Gold Standard for Color Accuracy
The Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Photo 2 is an essential pocket-sized tool for photographers who demand absolute color precision and consistency across their entire workflow. Whether you are shooting in a controlled studio environment or under the unpredictable lighting of a landscape at golden hour, this compact calibration system allows you to create custom camera profiles, neutralize lighting, and ensure your creative vision is translated accurately from the moment of capture through the final edit. It is the definitive solution for eliminating the “guessing game” of color correction in post-production.
Four Professional Targets in One Compact Case
The Passport Photo 2 combines four specialized targets into a single, ruggedized case, providing a comprehensive toolkit for any lighting scenario:
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Gray Balance Target: Specifically designed to set exposure and neutralize midtones, ensuring your camera’s light meter sees the world accurately.
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White Balance Target: An industrially flat target that provides a neutral reference point across the spectrum, preventing unwanted color casts from mixed lighting.
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Classic Target: The industry-standard 24-patch color reference used for creating custom DNG and ICC camera profiles.
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Creative Enhancement Target: Features patches for neutralizing and fine-tuning shadows and highlights, as well as “warming” and “cooling” patches to help you creatively shift the mood of a portrait or landscape with one click.
Effortless Profiling with Industry-Leading Software
Color accuracy is about more than just white balance; it’s about how your specific camera sensor interprets colors. The Passport Photo 2 includes a download for the Camera Calibration software, which analyzes your photos of the Classic Target to create custom DNG and ICC profiles. These profiles work seamlessly within Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Capture One, correcting the unique color “drift” of your sensor and ensuring that red is truly red and blue is truly blue, regardless of your camera brand or lens choice.
Creative Enhancement for Portraits and Landscapes
Beyond technical accuracy, the Passport Photo 2 offers tools for artistic control. The Creative Enhancement Target allows you to see and clip shadow details or check for highlight blowout before you even leave the set. For portrait photographers, the specialized patches allow for the subtle warming of skin tones to add a healthy glow, while landscape photographers can use the cooling patches to enhance the deep blues of a sky or the crispness of a winter scene—all while maintaining a perfectly calibrated baseline.
Rugged, Pocket-Sized Durability
Designed to live in your camera bag or even your pocket, the Passport Photo 2 is housed in a nearly indestructible, travel-sized hard case. The case functions as a stand, allowing you to position the targets at various angles on a tabletop or flat surface. This “passport” design protects the targets from light, oils, and physical damage, ensuring that the color patches remain accurate for years of professional use. It also includes a convenient lanyard, so it’s always within reach during a fast-paced shoot.
Key Specifications:
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Targets Included: Gray Balance, White Balance, Classic (24-patch), and Creative Enhancement
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Profile Support: DNG (Adobe) and ICC (Capture One and others)
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Software Compatibility: MacOS and Windows
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Supported Applications: Adobe Lightroom, Classic, Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Capture One
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Number of Color Patches: 24 industry-standard patches on the Classic target
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Material: Specialized, light-stable color pigments on high-quality substrate
Kit Includes:
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Rugged Protective Case: With integrated stand functionality
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Classic 24-Patch Target: For pro camera profiling
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Creative Enhancement Target: For shadow/highlight and temperature tuning
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White Balance Target: For neutralizing color casts
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Gray Balance Target: For precise exposure settings
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Camera Calibration Software: (Via digital download)
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Lanyard: For easy carrying on set
