Datacolor DC SC100 Spyder Cube
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: DatacolorPlatform: Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: SC100
Product features:
- Capture accurate color without a lot of trial and error manipulation.
- Spectrally Neutral, so that Cube responds accurately to all lighting conditions.
- Provides reference values to check and adjust RAW control settings.
- Includes Black Trap for shadow detail control.
- Allows users to instantly correct color images by setting color temperature value.
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Customer Review: SpyderCube Makes Post Processing Faster
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is very helpful for tuning up your images in post. It works best with RAW but can be used on JPGs to a similar degree depending on your post processing software.
Bottom Line: Great product, very clever, makes my post processing much faster. Worth the money? Yes if you do post processing for a good number of images where you can afford to take a test shot with consistent lighting. See below for more info on what I do with it.
What it is for: Include the cube in a test image that has the same light conditions as real images so that you can easily adjust white balance, brightness, contrast and control the highlights and shadows for a batch of images.
What it is not for: Environmental/Event photography with action and rapidly changing conditions.
How it works:
While taking pictures:
Take a picture of the cube so that the front point is facing you. There are now three diamonds you can see. Top Left, Top Right, and bottom.
The top diamonds are split into gray and white triangles on either side. These will let you determine exposure by making sure there is a difference between the gray and white (not over exposed).
The bottom diamond is black with a circular hole that allows no light. The black face determines shadows and the black circle(hole) is absolute black. Check your exposure test to see a difference between the black face and black hole. This will ensure you have detail in your shadows.
There is a chrome ball on top that will generate specular highlights (Pure white). The difference between the chrome ball highlights and white faces will show you the highlight detail you have.
Not that you've completed your test image and checked the above. Take all your pictures. If the light changes, do another test with the cube.
Post Processing:
In your editor (I use capture NX) open your test image with the cube:
White balance: Use the gray point selector in your white balance tool to select the gray triangle facing the key light. Perfect white balance.
White point: Use the white point tool or use your levels sliders to clip your histogram to the specular highlights or the brighter white face. Watch the cube in the preview and histogram to ensure you have the desired difference between the specular highlights in the chrome ball and the white face.
Black point: Use the black point tool or your levels sliders to ensure the black trap is your black point or until there is the desired level of difference between he black trap and the black face.
This is the minimum you need to do to your settings. Next I copy those settings and paste them into each image I am going to post process. With many tools you can batch this task to adjust all your images.
Now you have great contrast, brightness, and white balance with your desired level of detail in the highlights and shadows for all of the images in your set.
Description of Datacolor DC SC100 Spyder Cube
This is not just another gray card! Create your own custom white balance, obtain spectral neutrality data from multiple lightsources, and correct highlight and shadow details with SpyderCube. Establishing an accurate custom white balance ensures an accurate image from the start of each new photo session. Photographers can capture accurate color without a lot of after-the-fact manipulation. SpyderCube is the RAW calibration tool that belongs in every photographer's bag! The SpyderCube makes your camera more intelligent! It captures in a single shot a wide range of color and exposure data. You simply use the cube in one of a series of images, adjust accordingly, save as a preset, and apply to an entire series of images to color correct in seconds. Designed for: Advanced Amateur, Professional Photographers and anyone who shoots with a Digital SLR.Light Meters
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