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DSC grayscale charts are designed to unlock your cameras deepest
blacks and whitest whites. Generating signals more consistent
with those found in the real world, DSC's spectrophotometrically
neutral grayscales help to ensure your camera starts with an
accurate baseline after every setup. Setting up gamma, dynamic
range and clipping has never been easier, using a DSC grayscale
chart.
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GrayScale and
White Balance Cards |
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Chart Name |
Features |
Sizes (*) |
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GrayScale |
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DSC 11-step crossed grayscale
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Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white chips
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Calibration Data included |
JW/SW/SRW
/XW/SXW |
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Toni |
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DSC
12-step grayscale (six light chips, 6 dark chips)
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Two gamma step gray bars
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Darkest step made with DSC CaviBlack (ultimate black)
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Set black, white and gamma levels while also making toe
and knee adjustments |
SW /XW |
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CamWhite |
· DSC’s patented neutral white
· Spectrophotometrically neutral,
for accurate camera white balancing
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Standard 16x9 Framing Lines |
JW/SW/SRW
/XW/SXW |
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18% Gray |
· DSC’s patented neutral
18% gray
· Spectrophotometrically neutral
gray,
for accurate camera white balancing
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Standard 16x9 Framing Lines |
JW/SW/SRW
/XW/SXW |
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CamWarm |
· DSC’s
patented warming chart
· Chart
is intentionally color biased to add a warm look to every
image.
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Standard 16x9 Framing Lines
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JW/SW/SRW
/XW/SXW |
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Ambi Combi Systems
(Rear lit solutions) |
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72-dB 13-Step
Grayscale (Combi Chart)
Ideally suited to "electronic cinematography", this
13-step true log pattern, with its more than 3000:1
dynamic range, demonstrates a camera's performance from
white to the darkest shadows and jet black.
Looking for a portable reference in all lighting
conditions, the DSC Ambi / Combi system may be just what
you need. With most CDM models available in Combi form,
see the Ambi / Combi section or call us today to find out
more. |
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102-dB 18-Step Grayscale (Combi Chart)
The next level in critically evaluating and setting your
cameras dynamic range. 18 steps (17 f stops) provide you
with a standard reference to check that your equipment is
performing to the highest level possible.
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The Toni
Toni features twelve
grayscale steps, six closely spaced light chips and six
similarly closely spaced dark chips, plus two gamma step
gray bars. The darkest step is DSC's popular 3-D
CaviBlack, which typifies the darkest area in any real
scene.
If the budget only
allows one grayscale chart, make sure it's a Toni.
Not only does Toni let you set white, black and gamma
levels, but also the vitally important toe and knee
adjustments. Note below how the upper and lower
horizontal gray gamma bars help in lighting the chart
evenly.
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Here lighting is even and the two horizontal gamma bars fall in a straight line at the same position. |
Uneven lighting top-to-bottom will produce double gamma bars. |
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Uneven lighting side-to-side will produce a tilted gamma bar |
A hotspot in the center of the pattern will produce a curved gamma trace.
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The simulated waveforms above are for a theoretically perfect camera. Real cameras will inevitably show compression in the darker steps as shown below. |
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