X-Rite

One of the biggest issues with the various ColorChecker and ColorChecker Passport devices from Calibrite (formerly X-Rite) is that they’re quite delicate and you have to actually hold them in your hand in order to use them. This often leads to finger slips, resulting in obscured views of the checker or, worse, fingerprints getting on it.

Now, though, you can actually mount your ColorCheckers on a light stand or tripod now that Calibrite has announced the new ColorChecker Target Holder (buy here). It provides a mounting mechanism for holding your ColorChecker along with two 1/4-20″ sockets to let you mount it however you wish.

The ColorChecker Passport Photo and the ColorChecker Passport Video (review here) are common items in the bags of many photographers and filmmakers. But for those of us who shoot both, it means we end up having to buy two separate products. And I don’t know about you, but I sometimes find myself accidentally grabbing and leaving the house with the wrong one when I head out to shoot.

Well, Calibrite – the new brand name for X-Rite’s products aimed at filmmakers and photographers – is aiming to change all that by combining both ColorCheckers into one, with the new ColorChecker Passport Duo. It does come with a slightly increased price tag over either of the individual ColorChecker Passports, but it’s less than the combined total of buying both.