Impact QBP-TF-12 User manual
QuikBalance Tri-Fold Panel
INSTRUCTIONS
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Impact QuikBalance Tri-Fold Panel. This unique,
portable, easy-to-use triple-panel design has a black panel, a white panel
and an 18% gray panel that are all connected, with a reflective silver reverse
side on each panel. The Tri-Fold Panel makes it possible to achieve perfect
exposure and color balance in your photos and videos every time.
This triple-panel design offers a white panel which 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 software
like Adobe
accurate exposure. Each of the panels can also be used in post-production
for ensuring accurate color rendition. The reflective silver on the back of all
three panels makes a handy light reflector at a photo shoot.
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
• 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®. The 18% gray panel can be used for setting
performance
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Contents Include
• Impact QuikBalance Tri-Fold Panel
• Storage sleeve
• User instruction manual
• One-Year Limited Warranty
Dimensions
Specifications
QBP-TF-12 12” × 12”
(30 × 30 cm)
12” × 36”
(30 × 90 cm)
WeightEach Panel Overall
8 oz. (226 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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