User Guide

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1. Position the target.
See the “Use and Care of ColorChecker Passport” section for tips to position
the target.
2. Since your camera can’t focus on the white target, change the settings to Manual Focus and Automatic
Exposure.
When white balance is completed, be sure to set the camera back to auto
focus!
3. Aim the camera at the ColorChecker White Balance target in the Passport. Try to fill the center of the viewfinder
with the target and snap the picture.
4. Set the camera to Custom White Balance mode.
5. To use this custom white balance later, select it from your camera’s white balance custom list.
Instead of disabling auto focus, another option for shooting the ColorChecker
White Balance target is to focus and recompose. Point the camera at an object
with detail at about the same distance as the ColorChecker White Balance
target and press the shutter down half way. Recompose the shot with the
ColorChecker White Balance target in the center and press the shutter down
the rest of the way.
Check out the “Automating Color Control in Raw” section for details on how to
assign a custom white balance to other images that were shot under the same
light – a great time saver!