Simply the best - Camera Alignment Charts from DSC Labs
ChromaDuMonde 24+4R

The most popular charts are the CamAlign ChromaDuMonde series. Each contains 11 step EIA crossed greyscales, peak white (100 IRE) and black chips, plus between 12 and 28 colours (including 4 useful standardized skin tones) and the option to add the unique Resolution Gratings. Simply pointing a camera at the chart and shooting a few seconds at the start of each scene or at each lighting change will give a straightforward reference for maintaining colorimetry through the rest of the production process.

Alternatively, use a chart, waveform and vectorscope to set a camera up to “best” technical colorimetry, and then modify the camera response to suit a particular “look.” Point the camera at the test chart again, and either save the resultant waveforms or take digital stills of the waveform and vectorscope screens to have a permanent record of your preferred set up for later matching.

Expected vectorscope displays resulting from correctly aligned cameras and a 28 chip ChromaDuMonde chart.

The charts are printed on aircraft grade aluminium, and colour-wise are so true you just wouldn’t believe! The glossy, encapsulating coating gives durability, increased contrast, reduces “invisible flare” (not seen by the naked eye, but most definitely seen by a camera) and the ability to simply wipe clean the chart even after smearing it with the “fast food fingerprints from hell !!”

For much more useful information on the whole range of charts, including the ambi/combi rear lit transparencies and unique, “externally lit” back light illuminator, visit www.dsclabs.com and browse around for a while, decide on the chart(s) you want, pick a size from the table below detailing all of the standard sizes, then contact InnoMedia via the button on the left for a quotation.  

The Billups VF/X

The Billups VF/X has been designed by Scott Billups, working DP and author of one of the best books on shooting HD - Digital Moviemaking (just search for “Billups” on Amazon)

Complementing the “regular features such as crossed greyscales, resolution trumpets, 12 CDM colour chips and four typical “Fleshtones” are several highly innovative features designed to make life easier for a hardworking DoP:

the smoothly graded blue patch is designed to allow simple and speedy investigation into what process stage introduces banding type artefacts into sky, whilst on the opposite side of the chart are Digital Green and Blue - special effects chips from Composite Components plus Rosco's Chroma Key Green and Blue. The High Chroma slashes can be used for checking and tracking chroma aliasing through post and there are inch and centimetre scales top and bottom. Additionally, the two hemispherical reflectance spheres show the number, position and type of lighting, hue and colour filtration of individual lights (black sphere) whilst the white shows the integrated level and colour temperature.

A couple of other products:

CamBook - all the charts you should need in a handy 30 cm x 20 cm (approx 12” x 8”) book
Click my Fiddlehead to see an enlarged version

FiddleHead and Resolution chart - another customer designed chart to set up back focus on today’s cameras, with corner resolution wedges up to 1600 TV LPPH

DSC Front-lit Charts

Suffix

Format

OveralloSize

ActiveoArea

 

 

Width

Height

Width

Height

 

REGULAR CAMALIGNS

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

SXW

Super Maxi - 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SXS

Super Maxi - 4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XW

Maxi - 16:9

40

101.6

24

61

37.3

94.8

21

53.3

X

Maxi - 4:3

31

78.7

24

61

28

71

21

53.3

SRW

Senior - 16:9

24

61

14.7

37.3

23

58.7

13

33

SR

Senior - 4:3

18.2

46

14.7

37.3

17.3

44

13

33

SW

Standard - 16:9

21.3

54

13

33

20.4

52

11.5

29.2

S

Standard - 4:3

16.5

42

13

33

15.3

39

11.5

29.2

JW

Junior - 16:9

17

43

10

25.4

16

40.6

9

22.9

J

Junior - 4:3

13

33

10

25.4

12

30.5

9

22.9

 

FRONTBOX CHARTS

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

FB

FrontBox - 16:9

11

28

9.3

23.5

10.5

26.7

5.9

15

FBS

FrontBox - 4:3

11

28

9.3

23.5

10

25.4

7.5

19

 

CAMBOOK 

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

CK

CamBook - 16:9

11.8

30

7.9

20

11

28

6.2

16

 

POCKET & HANDY

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

inch

cm

HWW

Handy White'nWarm

10

25.4

5.9

15

9

22.9

5.1

13

PWW

Pocket White'nWarm

6.3

16

3.74

9.5

5.6

14.2

3.2

8

HCF

Handy CamFocus

10

25.4

5.9

15

-

-

-

-

PCF

Pocket CamFocus

6.3

16

3.7

9.5

-

-

-

-

HCE

Handy Camette

10

25.4

5.9

15

9

22.9

5.1

13

PCE

Pocket Camette

6.3

16

3.7

9.5

5.3

13.5

3

8

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