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It's not perfect but it's not bad either. At such an inexpensive price point, it's hard to beat this. I accidentally bought two but kept both because the price and small size are perfect. I have one in my camera bag and one in a loose ends/backup bag for when I'm traveling on-set.
On my GH5, this works just fine for setting white balance. I've tried with both the white side and the gray side and both seem to produce the same results.
Plus, it's pretty fun to snap it open when pulling it out of its 4" x 4" bag. The quick and easy fold-up means it's perfectly compact and will fit in a camera bag, back pocket, or whatever other small space you have available (the side pockets on a camera bag work great).
Clients also love it. It's something they can quickly hold and it seems like giving them something to hold while getting the frame set helps reduce their anxiety about filming.
Get one. Given its low price, you can't go wrong. It might not be 100% perfect but it's almost perfect and especially so for the price it's at.
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Product Description
White Balance Card for Digital Photography
- washable
- collapsible
- accurate
Specifications:
PU material
- Gray side: Reflectance 17.8%; Density 0.74
- for Max. deviation of reflectance: 2%
- for Max. error in exposure measurements: 1/8 of F-stop
Features:
- The gray side of the panel has a target in the center so that your lens can find a focus point.
- The panel collapses to just 1/3 of its full size, allowing it to fit in most camera bags.
- A zippered storage sleeve is included to keep the panel collapsed during transport.
White Card
White Card is basically used to define the white balance, which is often replaced by a sheet of white paper due to its easy access to materials nature. The correct exposure of the white card makes the definition of the white balance of the picture noise is so small that very conducive to define. However, the correct exposure of white card compared to gray card to be more difficult, - generally we recommend to use gray card to define the white balance.
Why gray card, white card can be used to define the white balance?
Because both are R = G = B. That is, as long as the card is R = G = B color, it can be used to define white balance, only in this way, they can be separated from the white balance information carried.
18° Gray Card and Focus
Gray Card, - generally refers to 18% reflectance gray card. Since the camera exposure is based on 18% reflectance, we use the gray card metering to get the correct exposure. Another use of the gray card is to define the white balance. Because of the correct exposure values mentioned above, the gray card carries the correct white balance information.
How to Fix WB In-Camera With a Grey Card
How to Fix WB In-Camera With a Grey Card
The exact way of setting the white balance in camera with a grey card might differ from below, depending on the manufacturers.
Check your camera manual or search on Google about custom white balance and specify your camera’s model.
- Place the grey card in the scene;
- Set the camera to manual focus;
- Frame the shot so that the grey card fills the whole frame. Don’t worry about the sharpness of the image. It will work fine even if it’s out of focus;
- Check exposure and adjust if you need to;
- Press the WB button while turning the main dial until you select PRE.
- Release the button. Press and hold it again until the letters PRE start flashing.
- Take the photo of the grey card before PRE stops flashing.
- That´s all! The camera has just created a WB preset based on the photo you just took.
In other camera models, you might need to take a photo of the grey card and then select it in the Custom White Balance as the reference image.
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The Gray card appears to be correct and same as what is listed. Not sure, but almost looks like I got something that had already been opened...by a 2 year old (all levels of packaging looked like it had been opened, and hurriedly shoved back in and "hope nobody sees the damage". The "Loop Strap" that is on the case had been pulled off at one end and was totally frayed (see attached photo). So, the added benefit of being able to hang this off my kit is NON-existant. This will either have to go inside my pack, inside my pocket, or talk to my wife and see if she can work magic with a sewing machine.... honestly, for $8, I probably should not have expected much. For the rest of it..."EASY TO FOLD"... Well, even when my kiddo was a toddler and we had these style of folding play things, and car sun shades.... it is NEVER "easy", but I always end up making it work! ;-) Probably operator error on that. Otherwise, looks ok.
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