Impact QBP-G-12, QBP-G-22, QBP-G-30 User manual

QuikBalance

Collapsible 18% Gray Panel

INSTRUCTIONS

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Impact QuikBalance Collapsible 18% Gray Panel.
This versatile, portable, easy-to-use photographic tool makes it possible to
achieve perfect exposure and color balance in your photos and videos every
time.

This flexible panel unfolds to become a disc that’s a neutral white on one
side, and 18% gray on the other. The white side can be used to set precise
and accurate white balance for your digital camera at a photo shoot, or
as a post-production tool to ensure correct color rendition using editing
software like Adobe
card to fill shadows. The gray side is 18% gray–the photographic standard
for determining correct exposures. It also can be used for setting white
balance. The QuikBalance 18% Gray Panel is available in 12”, 22”, and 30”
diameters.

Warnings

• Please read and follow these instructions, and keep this manual in a safe place.

• Keep this unit away from water and any flammable gases or liquids.

• Avoid exposing this product to sunlight for extended periods–fading may affect
performance

• Handle the unit with care.

• Clean the unit with a soft, dry cloth.

• Use only parts provided by the manufacturer.

• Make sure the item is intact and that there are no missing parts.

• All photos are for illustrative purposes only.

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Photoshop®. It can also function as a handy bounce

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Contents Include

• Impact QuikBalance 18% Gray Panel

• Storage sleeve

• User instruction manual

• One-Year Limited Warranty

Specifications Dimensions Weight

QBP-G-12 12” diameter (30 cm) 4 oz. (113 g)

QBP-G-22 22” diameter (56 cm) 8 oz. (226 g)

QBP-G-30 30” diameter (75 cm) 16 oz. (452 g)

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White Balance and Color

Human beings can see millions of colors accurately even in changing
lighting conditions. The perceived color of an object changes
according to the color of the light striking it. Our brains automatically
compensate when the color of the light changes, so that a red ball
will look red to us in daylight, under fluorescent lights, or lit by a
table lamp. But a digital camera will record the ball as different
colors under different kinds of lighting – that is, unless the white
balance is set to match the specific lighting condition.

The color of light is measured on the Kelvin scale, with a
temperature of degrees Kelvin (K) used to describe changes in the
color of light. As Kelvin temperature increases, the color of light
becomes “cooler,” which is seen as moving to the blue end of the
scale. Inversely, as Kelvin temperature decreases, the color of the
light becomes “warmer,” which is seen as moving towards the red
end of the scale. Tungsten light is on the warmer end of the Kelvin
scale (approximately 3200°K), while daylight falls on the cooler
end (approximately 5500°K). In order for the camera to accurately
record colors, it must have its white balance set to the same
color temperature as the light that is falling on the object being
photographed.

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