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blackdogs377

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I want to buy some white balance cards for my dvx...and i heard that home depot paint samplers work fine. Which ones should i get? like the exact colour ID's
 
i saw once something like a key chain with rectangular white, gray, black cards. but did not find one yet,

you can get white, black, 50% gray, 18% gray, that should do it.

kodak makes white balance cards by the way.
 
blackdogs377 said:
I want to buy some white balance cards for my dvx...and i heard that home depot paint samplers work fine. Which ones should i get? like the exact colour ID's
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Paint swatches can be used for creative, but extreme, white balancing for intentional color shifts. Porta Brace sells standard white cards, and they're not that expensive. For warm/cool balance, you need only hold a swatch of CTO or CTB gel in front of the lens before you balance.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300868-REG/Porta_Brace_WBC_White_Balance_Card.html

I carry one of these for warm/cool balance:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/45189-REG/Rosco_950SBLUX0103_Roscolux_Swatchbook.html


Or you can go all out and get a premium set of balance cards:

http://www.filmtools.com/orwarpluspac.html
 
not sure, you can order from kodak whatever you want, sometimes you can find something at amazon, make sure it's not a chart, or something too big, they make small ones that are more practical, you can find the 18% gray easily i guess, and it can be enough for you if you wouldn't use the white and black ones.
 
arges03 said:
I'll second that. Very handy to have on set, especially when you want to tweak the cool/warm feelings of a certain scene.
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If you check the last link I posted, they're the same set of cards, only through Filmtools.com rather than direct from the manufacturer.

The only reason I mention this is that two other people have now (very quickly) responded with the same suggestion, which I believe speaks to their value. Yeah, it's a bit more of an investment ($5 for the PortaBrace white card vs. $80 for the WarmCard 2.0 set), but sometimes you just have to weigh the benefit of the investment.

While I carry the PB card and the Rosco swatch book in my own camera kit, I've used the WarmCards on other sets and locations and they are very well designed. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the WarmCard set.
 
C2V said:
If you check the last link I posted, they're the same set of cards, only through Filmtools.com rather than direct from the manufacturer.

The only reason I mention this is that two other people have now (very quickly) responded with the same suggestion, which I believe speaks to their value. Yeah, it's a bit more of an investment ($5 for the PortaBrace white card vs. $80 for the WarmCard 2.0 set), but sometimes you just have to weigh the benefit of the investment.

While I carry the PB card and the Rosco swatch book in my own camera kit, I've used the WarmCards on other sets and locations and they are very well designed. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the WarmCard set.
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Add another tally for WarmCards.
 
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