Best Photographic Light Meter Grey Cards
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The price may seem high for a piece of plastic but it's manufactured to tight tolerances and it'll pay for itself in time saved and consistency of results."
"Takes little to no effort to do your balance on the camera or wait then balance in your software."
"So I moved just the card and small sleeve to the garage and an hour later my wife is like "you put it in the garage, now the whole garage stinks!!!!"."
"When shooting raw it helped define blacks and whites in a series of photos, however, if I was to buy one again, I'd get one with warmer and cool shades to achieve a desired temperature in one click."
"When the WhiBal arrived I marveled that I could have been suborned into paying $20.00 for what looks like a credit card sized little item."
"This is a must have is you want your white balance to be perfect."
"Well... as much quality as a small plastic card can exude."
"I've never used a cheaper or generic version of the cards, so I can't speak to the difference between WhiBal versus substitutes."
![Lightdow 12 x 12 Inch (30 x 30 cm) White Balance 18% Gray Reference Reflector Grey Card with Carry Bag [folded version]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51j5ryhuOcL._SS600_.jpg)
Description: This handy double sided pop up 18% grey/white card simplifies the complex technical issues surrounding exposure and color correction when working in different lighting conditions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"For less than $10, every photographer should have one of these."
"It is very easy to use, just take a photo with the gray colored side, and then set your digital camera's white balance to this photo."
"Very compact and small but once you open the grey card it amazing so far, I will have to continue this review 30 days from now to see the overall quality of the grey card."
"I never knew what these were until I viewed a video that talked about the reasons for using an 18% gray card."
"After research, I learned about white balance and how to set the white balance on my camera with this item."
"No, but it wasn't difficult either, it's very tight because of the size, but I was able to put it back into the small pouch it came with and didn't have too difficult of a time."
"Perhaps in a studio setting this would be O.K., but outside I was struggling to fold the Lightdow and return it to my camera bag."
"I have read the comments regarding getting it to fold up properly to fit back in the pouch.. On mine I put the sewn seam at the top and then grab the opposite sides giving a push with your thumbs trust me it will roll up like it was delivered."
60 * 60cm / 24 * 24in. Card Weight: 246g / 8.7oz. Package Size: 24 * 23 * 3.5cm / 9.4 * 9.1 * 1.4in. Package Weight: 277g / 9.8oz. This gray card is to provide a standard reference object for exposure determination in photography.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Every time the light changes, take a shot and your colors will come out correctly and match from scene to scene."
"I use this all the time for white balance of video cameras."
"I am very impressed by the quality at this price."
"A good quality gray/White cinema camera setup essential for lighting exposure."
"It does what it is supposed to do perfectly and seems high quality enough that if taken care of it will last many many sessions."
"Would have given it four stars if it came with directions on how to fold it back together."
"Sturdy, accurate little tool though."
"perfect size for a traveler photographer."
Best Photographic Light Meter Grey Cards
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The price may seem high for a piece of plastic but it's manufactured to tight tolerances and it'll pay for itself in time saved and consistency of results."
"Takes little to no effort to do your balance on the camera or wait then balance in your software."
"Some quibble about the price, but considering the individually measured and certified quality of every card, it's a steal. They go into great practical and technical depth, simply and efficiently, and make the case far better than I can for why you need a WhiBal. Fits neatly, with lanyard, into the flap-sleeve of my daily Kata H-16 grab-and-go bag (also bought through Amazon)."
"So I moved just the card and small sleeve to the garage and an hour later my wife is like "you put it in the garage, now the whole garage stinks!!!!"."
"When shooting raw it helped define blacks and whites in a series of photos, however, if I was to buy one again, I'd get one with warmer and cool shades to achieve a desired temperature in one click."
"When the WhiBal arrived I marveled that I could have been suborned into paying $20.00 for what looks like a credit card sized little item."
"This is a must have is you want your white balance to be perfect."
"Well... as much quality as a small plastic card can exude."
Best Photographic Light Meters
The X-Rite i1Display Pro is the ultimate choice for discerning photographers, filmmakers, designers and imaging professionals looking for the highest level of on-screen color accuracy for displays, laptops, mobile devices and projectors. Increased Functionality - i1Display Pro combines ambient light measurement, monitor profiling and projector profiling into 1 sleek, compact and fully integrated device at 5X faster measurements than previous devices. Incorporates technologically advanced filter and optical systems, fast measurement speed, and unrivaled color accuracy on all modern display and projector technologies, such as LED, Plasma, RG Phosphor, OLED and Wide Gamut.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"With active ambient light detection the device makes on the fly changes to your profile as lighting changes in the room."
"If you read through forums and don't want to have a professional calibrator come to your house, this is a perfect solution."
"As I am a neophyte to color management there was a bit of a learning curve but once I got past that it was pretty easy to use."
"I calibrated my Hp zr30w IPS and Samsung syncmaster dual monitor setup in about 20 minutes under windows 8.1 and the colors from the displays match nearly perfectly. I recommend tilting your monitor back slightly so the calibrator sits flush to the screen. Also make sure to adjust the ambient lighting to your usual comfortable editing conditions."
"The packaged software is great only if you didn't have access to fine controls on a television or computer monitor."
"Note to folks having trouble updating firmware on Dell Ultrasharp monitors in order to support the Dell Ultrasharp Calibration Solution (DUCS)."
"Had the Spyder, this just works better and faster."
"I have been using the i1 Pro 1 for many years."
Best Photographic Light Meter Color Calibration Charts
Advanced color accuracy solution, with room lighting settings for optimal monitor brightness, to help you get true colors on screen and in print. Avanced color accuracy solution for all of your laptop and desktop displays - See, share and print your images just as you intended with confidence. Room light monitoring determines optimal monitor brightness so you see fine shadow detail and highlights in your photos, ensuring your edited images match your prints.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"But, if you are an advanced user, you can get fantastic results with the free Argyll and DispcalGUI calibration bundle. The official calibration software from Datacolor does an inaccurate and inconsistent job between monitors (i.e. if you have two monitors side by side, they will very likely be calibrated into different colors), and it asks you to jump through hoops verifying which tier you have bought (express, pro, or elite)."
"You must go online to register the device and download datacolor's measuring software. There is nothing wrong with the calibration device, only the results when used with datacolor's software."
"Calibrating your monitor does matter, using a calibration device matters, but MOST IMPORTANTLY the calibration software matters, and the Argyll + dispcalGUI is FAR SUPERIOR to the OEM Datacolor software provided for the Spyder 4 Express and Spyder 5 Express. 1) Do not install OEM software. 2) Download Argyll (http://www.argyllcms.com/) and dispcalGUI standalone version (http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/#download). 3) Set C:/ path for Argyll folder. 4) Install Sypder4 usb driver (http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_MSWindows.html#WIN8). 5) Run dispcalGUI then Menu > File > Locate Argyll CMS executables > point to c:/Argyll/bin. 6) Menu > Options > enable Show advanced calibration options. 7) Configure Advance options like this (http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610). 8) Run measurement tests and adjustment settings. 9) Run calibration (in High speed since Medium speed took 1.5 hrs) then save and apply profile. *** ORIGINAL REVIEW 4/16/2015***. I have never calibrated my laptop's monitor in the approximately 2 years I've had it. 5) Lastly, but not as important as the previous steps, you can try to print a hard proof on your home printer that will attempt to simulate the final product from your commercial printer, (File > Print > Color Management: Photoshop manages colors; Printer profile = your home printer > Change Normal Printing to Hard Proofing: Proof Setup = appropriate ICC profile). If you'd still like to get a calibration device then I'd say go for the Spyder 4 since it's less than half the price and the results probably won't be much different. *** Resources ***. Download Argyll. http://www.argyllcms.com/. Download dispcalGUI. http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/. Setup Argyll + dispcalGUI. http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610. ICC Profiles. http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/. http://forums.adoramapix.com/entries/228224-Color-calibration-and-custom-correction."