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Canon EOS 1D Mark III StandardCanon EOS 1D Mark III PortraitCanon EOS 1D Mark III LandscapeCanon EOS 1D Mark III NeutralCanon EOS 1D Mark III FaithfulCanon EOS 1D Mark III Standard (Adobe RGB)Nikon D40x NormalNikon D40x SofterNikon D40x VividNikon D40x More VividNikon D40x PortraitNikon D40x Mode II (Adobe RGB)Leica M8Leica M8 (Adobe RGB)Nikon D80 NormalNikon D80 SofterNikon D80 VividNikon D80 More VividNikon D80 PortraitNikon D80 Mode II (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 400D StandardCanon EOS 400D PortraitCanon EOS 400D LandscapeCanon EOS 400D NeutralCanon EOS 400D FaithfulCanon EOS 400D Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 30D standardCanon EOS 30D portraitCanon EOS 30D landscapeCanon EOS 30D neutralCanon EOS 30D faithfulCanon EOS 30D standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P1Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P2Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P1 (Adobe RGB)Olympus E330 VividOlympus E330 NaturalOlympus E330 MutedOlympus E330 Vivid (Adobe RGB)Nikon D200 NormalNikon D200 SoftNikon D200 VividNikon D200 More VividNikon D200 PortraitNikon D200 Normal (Adobe RGB)Nikon D200 Mode II (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 5D StandardCanon EOS 5D PortraitCanon EOS 5D LandscapeCanon EOS 5D NeutralCanon EOS 5D FaithfulCanon EOS 5D Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 1D MKIIn StandardCanon EOS 1D MKIIn PortraitCanon EOS 1D MKIIn LandscapeCanon EOS 1D MKIIn NeutralCanon EOS 1D MKIIn FaithfulCanon EOS 1D MKIIn Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 1Ds MKII 1StandardCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 2PortraitCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 3H-saturat.Canon EOS 1Ds MKII 4Adobe RGBCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 5L-saturat. NoneCanon EOS 1D Mark III StandardCanon EOS 1D Mark III PortraitCanon EOS 1D Mark III LandscapeCanon EOS 1D Mark III NeutralCanon EOS 1D Mark III FaithfulCanon EOS 1D Mark III Standard (Adobe RGB)Nikon D40x NormalNikon D40x SofterNikon D40x VividNikon D40x More VividNikon D40x PortraitNikon D40x Mode II (Adobe RGB)Leica M8Leica M8 (Adobe RGB)Nikon D80 NormalNikon D80 SofterNikon D80 VividNikon D80 More VividNikon D80 PortraitNikon D80 Mode II (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 400D StandardCanon EOS 400D PortraitCanon EOS 400D LandscapeCanon EOS 400D NeutralCanon EOS 400D FaithfulCanon EOS 400D Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 30D standardCanon EOS 30D portraitCanon EOS 30D landscapeCanon EOS 30D neutralCanon EOS 30D faithfulCanon EOS 30D standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P1Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P2Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) P1 (Adobe RGB)Olympus E330 VividOlympus E330 NaturalOlympus E330 MutedOlympus E330 Vivid (Adobe RGB)Nikon D200 NormalNikon D200 SoftNikon D200 VividNikon D200 More VividNikon D200 PortraitNikon D200 Normal (Adobe RGB)Nikon D200 Mode II (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 5D StandardCanon EOS 5D PortraitCanon EOS 5D LandscapeCanon EOS 5D NeutralCanon EOS 5D FaithfulCanon EOS 5D Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 1D MKIIn StandardCanon EOS 1D MKIIn PortraitCanon EOS 1D MKIIn LandscapeCanon EOS 1D MKIIn NeutralCanon EOS 1D MKIIn FaithfulCanon EOS 1D MKIIn Standard (Adobe RGB)Canon EOS 1Ds MKII 1StandardCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 2PortraitCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 3H-saturat.Canon EOS 1Ds MKII 4Adobe RGBCanon EOS 1Ds MKII 5L-saturat.

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Canon EOS 1D Mark III Standard Canon EOS 1D Mark III Portrait

Delta C

Camera	Canon EOS 1D Mark III Standard ΔC Canon EOS 1D Mark III Portrait	Canon EOS 1D Mark III Standard ΔC ColorChecker 24	Canon EOS 1D Mark III Portrait ΔC ColorChecker 24
Average ΔC	4.74	6	8.92
dark skin	4.35	5.84	9.36
light skin	4.44	1.41	5.79
blue sky	4.57	3.08	6.57
foliage	1.52	12.68	14.15
blue flower	3.46	0.63	4.09
bluish green	15.32	4.2	13
orange	14.75	7.88	8.93
purplish blue	6.94	9.82	16.02
moderate red	3.54	9.92	6.43
purple	5.7	0.28	5.49
yellow green	11.62	6.36	16.49
orange yellow	4.58	12	14.45
blue	3.38	15.57	17.29
green	17.14	6.8	23.92
red	2.28	16.34	18.45
yellow	2.36	9.18	10.98
magenta	2.04	5.31	3.53
cyan	1.8	3.97	3.84

Green is for under 5 ΔC    Blue is for under 10 ΔC    Red is for over 10 ΔC

Visual Differences

dark skin	light skin	blue sky	foliage	blue flower	bluish green
orange	purplish blue	moderate red	purple	yellow green	orange yellow
blue	green	red	yellow	magenta	cyan
white 9.5	neutral 8	neutral 6.5	neutral 5	neutral 3.5	black 2

Canon EOS 1D Mark III Standard Canon EOS 1D Mark III Portrait ColorChecker 24 reference

Gamut (out of Gretagmacbeth DC chart)

Gamma (Luma)

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Posted on: Thursday, September 7th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
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