Favorite Device for Adjusting White Balance?

tele_pathictele_pathic Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
edited September 5, 2009 in Accessories
Hey there. Just getting my camera set-up finalized. I was curious what ya'll are using for a white balance device. A card? A lens cap? Do you have a favorite device to help set white balance? Do you have one you absolutely hate/would not recommend?

Thanks,

TP

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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2009
    You might want to use the search button -- this has been discussed many times.

    There is value in using a designed tool for white balance (rather than the plate or a cup, etc). The one that I'm currently recommending is made by Phoxle for these reason. And this thread will explain why a WB tool is useful over home-brew versions.... This thread is another good read about tools for color balancing and the experiments done. Read all the threads and then make your decision.

    The only one that I don't recommend is the shower cap one and I've owned about seven (may eight) different ones. I currently only use three of them.

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  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2009
    Grey card.
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2009
    WhiBal for me: http://www.rawworkflow.com/whibal/

    fyi: http://digitalmason.posterous.com/whitebalance
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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2009
    ohh -- i think I need to amend my answer with a question -- What is your shooting environment and what are you shooting? Studio portraits? Environmental images? Wedding photos inside a room?
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  • Y_KnotY_Knot Registered Users Posts: 55 Big grins
    edited September 1, 2009
    I use the card from WhiBal also.
  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2009
    I usually shoot in RAW and adjust it afterwards.
    If you are shooting in a relatively even and non changing lighting then a grey card or a white card would work well.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2009
    Gray card + RAW
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  • rpcrowerpcrowe Registered Users Posts: 733 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2009
    Scott Kelby's book...
    Scott Kelby's book, Photoshop CS3 For Digital Photographers, has a tear out white and gray balance card included. I had mine laminated at Kinko's.
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2009
    rpcrowe wrote:
    Scott Kelby's book, Photoshop CS3 For Digital Photographers, has a tear out white and gray balance card included. I had mine laminated at Kinko's.

    Sounds like a great idea…

    …but watch out for reflections from the shiny surface, especially if you're using it to determine correct exposure as well as WB!

    - Wil
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2009
    FYI, some one sent me a PM asking how I used the white balance card in lighroom, so I posted on my photoblog about it:

    http://digitalmason.posterous.com/my-white-balance-workflow-in-lightroom
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