
Camera Setup and Operation 433
How and Why to Use Color Charts
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Now that the industry has fully embraced the
digital workow for cinematography, charting
your camera’s capabilities has never been more
essential to creating the images to fulll the
Director’s or Cinematographer’s intent. In this
section I will strive to offer simple guideline for
the calibration and customization of your camera
system, however due to the vast issues involved
with the plethora of camera models available to
the professional user, I will not offer specics for
individual cameras.
Camera calibration, using a color chart, like
those from ...