58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap

by Unknown

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001BO7PHA
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: XT
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #61 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Lens Accessories > Lens Caps
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 25, 2008

Product Description

Attach this cap to your lens and use the white balance setting feature on your camera to take a measurement (set focus length to telephoto mode, if available), aiming at the scene where you will be taking pictures. The adjusted white balance setting corrects color temperature for many kinds of light sources, providing you with noticeably better looking pictures. Size: 58mm diameter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars General Brand 58 mm White Balance Lens Cap Disk, October 21, 2008

By 

Leslie M. Greer - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: 58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap (Electronics)

I have been taking pictures of my granddaughter playing basketball. In April and May, I did not have this white balance tool. Even though I tried using the in camera white balance selections (Tungsten or Fluorescent) my colors were off because of the lights. I bought this custom white balance tool before she started playing basketball in September. It has made a remarkable difference. The skin tones are much nicer, the colors inside the gym are more accurate. The price is affordable as compared to a "Expodisc". I am pleased with the results. The down side is: It comes with a plastic filter ring that the cap snaps onto. This plastic ring is very hard to thread onto the camera lens. I pitched that ring and just use it on my UV/Skylight filter when making the custom white balance adjustment.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful But Could (MUST!!) be MUCH Better, February 9, 2010

By 

A. Polyakov - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: 58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap (Electronics)

The white balance setting with this lens cap is quite useful. It is nice to just pop on the cap take a quick shot and use it later for white balance adjustment. The strap is also very nice, because I would have probably lost the cap long time ago without it. But, the biggest problem with this product is it's poor quality! The ring that screws in has the worst threads I've ever seen. It is a pain to screw it in or out. Keep in ming that the ring is the last thing that goes onto the lens. So, if you decide you want to put on the polarizing filter, you have to unscrew it, put the filter and screw it back in. Imagine doing that with these terrible threads that are nearly impossible to properly align. A huge pain. Good idea, but I only wish the quality was just a bit better.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars General Brand 58mm White Balance Lens Cap Disk for Digital SLR Cameras, January 27, 2010

By 

J. Beckham - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: 58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap (Electronics)

It is true, as other reviewers have stated, that the thread mount does not work so smoothly. However, it is simple enough and sufficient just to fit the cap over the lens (without use of the thread) for purposes of setting a custom white balance. I have been using the product for several weeks now, and it has made a substantial difference in my ability to set a proper white balance. Without this device, I often had difficulty with my DSLR (an Olympus E-500) recognizing sufficient light for purposes of setting a custom balance. I am pleased with the results I have gotten using this product. Of course, the price could not be better. I have seen similar products retailing at camera shops for $50. I cannot believe that a more expensive product would lead to materially better results so as to justify the price difference.