“The CamBelles” test chart series.
Available in Maxi, Senior, Standard and Junior formats
The CamBelles series of precision skin tone patterns are not just pretty pictures of Natasha, Sonya, Jennifer and Christina, all delightful, young people with great personalities, but scientifically designed test patterns
The S1 pattern is the first of the series developed by DSC Labs in response to requests for high-definition test images to replace the old skin tone patterns of the 70’s and ’80s.
Skin color is a highly complex subject and, to reproduce it accurately in a print that complements the precision of other DSC test charts required considerable research into the color and spectral distribution of various skin tones. We had previously worked in this field in order to produce the skin tone chips in ChromaDuMonde, CamAlign and Combi colorbars.
To cover the gamut of a modern multicultural society, we included four different skin tones; African, Asian, Caucasian and East Indian. The beautiful young women now appearing as the Cambelles are all from the Radio and Television Arts course at Ryerson University and we’re grateful to Professor Richard Grunberg for introducing them to us. They all aspire to careers in the industry; so watch for them, they could be the superstars of the future.
The CamBelles charts are useful for setting camera skin detail circuits, and for final subjective camera testing.