Holy cow, it's amazing how fast your channel has grown! Initially found you looking at the Peak Design everyday sling, not as a camera bag though... Guess more like a man purse carrying the kiddos stuff (mine too!) Just bought the Go 2 to capture kiddos out and about for them to look back at. Congrats on the successful year!
Can you please make a video on how to set up studio lights? Like what lights you recommend, explain light reflectors and such. Thank you so much! You channel is super helpful!
The big question is, what is a 'correct' white balance? It's an interesting subject, particularly with modern cameras. Back when I did my BBC camera training on ye olde ENG cameras there was a lot of emphasis placed upon using a suitable white balance for the scene you were shooting. In other words, you need to learn to recognise when white isn't white. What do I mean? Well, a good example is a sunset. If you balanced a camera to a white or grey card during a sunset you would likely get rid of all that lovely orange glow. Another thing to consider is what the camera is doing to achieve a white balance. A lot of people think that if a cameras looking too blue then the camera will boost the red and green channels. What actually happens is that it reduces them, therefore reducing colour information going into the recording. This is useful to know in awkward situations, particularly with mixed light. It is almost always better to balance your camera too red than too blue. It is much harder to remove a blue cast in an image than a red one due to the way colour channels are often handled by the camera. This is of course referring to more limited codecs such as 8-bit, but it can also apply to 10-bit as well, particularly if you end up pushing things in a grade. The outlier is raw formats, for which 'white balance' is merely metadata. Therefore it is usually preferable if you aren't shooting raw, due to the way a camera handles manual white balancing, to use one of the pre-calibrated camera presets, such as 3200K, 5600K, and 6300K etc rather than performing a manual white balance to a card. Those presets should suit pretty much all circumstances you ever need. The only real times when you should look at a white card balance is in awkward situations, such as when you have a mix of daylight and tungsten etc. There are no hard and fast rules for this, though, because white balance is often a creative, rather than the technical exercise it is usually portrayed as.
The white/gray is nice for outside or high cri lights. The one with many colors is so much nicer but so damn expensive 😐 Also lock the white balance in the camera 😁
Man I know, it's crazy! Not sure why there's such a price gap between just a normal card and those bad boys. They are super helpful though to nail colors👍
I probably don't comment enough on your channel. I am subscribed and always click the like button at least ;) Anyway just wanted to say that I really appreciate your videos. This channel is very helpful and even if you speak about something I already know it is always nice to watch. You seem like a truly good and humble human. All the best to you and your family!
David ! Thank you for making this video . I just got the video version of the colour matcher . Most creators don’t talk about simple things like this , I know it won’t get the most views but it’s really important info . I’ll be watching this video more than once throughout the years . Happy Christmas to you and yours ! ✌🏼
@David Manning. Hope you get this comment, can you do more photoshop/editing/lightroom tutorials/tips? I'm new to photography and videography and it'll help if someone like you who explains things really easy to watch. Thanks for reading :)
Absolutely! The neutral white and 18% gray are exactly the same on the photo and video version. The difference between the two is really just the arrangement of the colors and how they’re laid out. I’ve been using the photo version for video white balance and it’s great!
Lots of cameras allow you to set a custom white balance in camera with a tool like this, but if you're shooting RAW images, it's easy to adjust everything in post👍
These kinds of white cards are calibrated to perfect neutral white. Different pieces of paper will vary slightly in their actual color. You totally can use a white piece of paper to get you close though and then eyeball it to hone it in👍
It for sure warms things up a bit, but I would rather start at a proper white balance and then adjust manually from there. On the Color Checker Passport Photo V2, there's a chart on the front that you can use to warm up or cool off your image. Again though, I just use neutral white and then tweak to my preference👍
Absolute pure white isn't actually the best for white balancing. Traditionally balancing to grey was a better way to go. But we only usually white balanced in tricky lighting, otherwise we used manufacturer calibrated presets, because manually white balancing a camera actually reduces recorded colour channel information.
Hola! Yo también tengo una Sony A7S3. Y uso el perfil SLOG3. El balance de blancos en cámara se hace en el mismo SLog3 o es necesario hacerlo en PP off y luego cambiar a SLog3? Muchas gracias
The color checker passport doesn't work! I use one in a studio with manual white balance, manual camera settings, manual flashes and the color is always off even though the monitors are calibrated. Wasted money.
Bummed to hear that man, I've always gotten great results with mine! Are you using it to set manual white balance and also using the dropper in post? The setting of manual white balance is great, but if you shoot it in place of your subject and then eye drop it in post, there's almost no way of messing it up. Are you shooting RAW?
@@DavidManningvlog shooting raw (pictures), WB locked so it's not a variable, none of the settings change, the lighting is static and the camera is on the tripod. I use their program to convert a raw picture to dng and I import it into camera raw as a profile. The eyedropper WB tool shouldn't matter because thats the programs job to balance the colors, including the WB. WB just one of the many factors of true color. Using this just for WB is a pretty expensive gimmick that I could do the same way with a piece of printing paper. To make things worse, the "corrected" image is worse to correct than the unprocessed picture that I do by eye and that's the reason I don't use the tool. Maybe it's fine for someone with a Sony who needs a quick color correction 💀 for Instagram or some small photo session in an uncontrolled environment but if you're doing product photography or anything where the colors need to be spot on it's useless.
Would you use this with say an Osmo Action (1)/ GoPro and would you set the custom white balance or do auto? I get the photo side but video would seemingly change a lot more if done outside a opposed to indoor filming. On DSLR/mirrorless it is easier to set and even cellphones with something like Filmic Pro but on action style cams it seems fiddly and not as reliable.
im wonderring the sams thing. because i been hunting fof my own channel and this was clear concise information. I already had an idea but its always greqt to confirm again and again. Thanks
Not sure if it's available on other cameras but on my A7iii, you can't use the "set custom white balance" when in custom recall modes. Which really sucks because I shoot fast-paced hybrid photos, video, some in slowmotion, some regular speed, some fast autofocus, some single point.... etc and I have these set in memory recall so that I can easily switch between these settings quickly just by turning the mode dial. I have white balance cards, but sadly, I can't use them that often because it would take too long to change my settings without memory recall AND also set my custom white balance. The only time I can do this is slower paced narrative film shoots or studio work. Anyone know of any workarounds?
Eye Droper Tool ...Pipett - where are you white? For freeeeee .. ??? In your eye! Costs nothing. You always recoment what is expensive. You said: I dont use GoPro anymore, after a few days GoPro is the best!! Got more money from them? David, you are implausible.
Can't believe it took me this long to learn how to White Balance. Thank you, David!
Holy cow, it's amazing how fast your channel has grown! Initially found you looking at the Peak Design everyday sling, not as a camera bag though... Guess more like a man purse carrying the kiddos stuff (mine too!) Just bought the Go 2 to capture kiddos out and about for them to look back at. Congrats on the successful year!
Dude, thanks for watching Douglas! I appreciate it so much. And you're going to have a blast with that GO 2. The hat clip is by far my favorite mount!
Kinda knew about this but you explain things so well that a 5 yo can understand it. Thanks again David. Can’t wait for the exposure portion of it ✌🏽
Can you please make a video on how to set up studio lights? Like what lights you recommend, explain light reflectors and such. Thank you so much! You channel is super helpful!
The big question is, what is a 'correct' white balance? It's an interesting subject, particularly with modern cameras. Back when I did my BBC camera training on ye olde ENG cameras there was a lot of emphasis placed upon using a suitable white balance for the scene you were shooting. In other words, you need to learn to recognise when white isn't white. What do I mean? Well, a good example is a sunset. If you balanced a camera to a white or grey card during a sunset you would likely get rid of all that lovely orange glow. Another thing to consider is what the camera is doing to achieve a white balance. A lot of people think that if a cameras looking too blue then the camera will boost the red and green channels. What actually happens is that it reduces them, therefore reducing colour information going into the recording. This is useful to know in awkward situations, particularly with mixed light. It is almost always better to balance your camera too red than too blue. It is much harder to remove a blue cast in an image than a red one due to the way colour channels are often handled by the camera. This is of course referring to more limited codecs such as 8-bit, but it can also apply to 10-bit as well, particularly if you end up pushing things in a grade. The outlier is raw formats, for which 'white balance' is merely metadata.
Therefore it is usually preferable if you aren't shooting raw, due to the way a camera handles manual white balancing, to use one of the pre-calibrated camera presets, such as 3200K, 5600K, and 6300K etc rather than performing a manual white balance to a card. Those presets should suit pretty much all circumstances you ever need. The only real times when you should look at a white card balance is in awkward situations, such as when you have a mix of daylight and tungsten etc. There are no hard and fast rules for this, though, because white balance is often a creative, rather than the technical exercise it is usually portrayed as.
the studio lighting is really nice
So easy so good!
Right?! Takes an extra 10 seconds per shot and saves you the mind numbing task of asking yourself "does that look right?" 50 times
@@DavidManningvlog nothing like looking at brown/green footage and then scouring the web thinking a preset can fix it
As someone just beginning this was one of those "game changer" videos. Thank you!
Just woke up, I see ur vid on my notifications I click! 😂 Life is simple. Awesome stuff as always!
Hahah! Simple and good!
Awesome tip. Loved the Ninja Turtle action figure and we know who that belongs too :)
Thanks!
The white/gray is nice for outside or high cri lights. The one with many colors is so much nicer but so damn expensive 😐 Also lock the white balance in the camera 😁
Man I know, it's crazy! Not sure why there's such a price gap between just a normal card and those bad boys. They are super helpful though to nail colors👍
Great tip. Worth the time to pop out the card. Go to get me one of those. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks, awesome vid, as always. Much appreciated.
I probably don't comment enough on your channel. I am subscribed and always click the like button at least ;) Anyway just wanted to say that I really appreciate your videos. This channel is very helpful and even if you speak about something I already know it is always nice to watch. You seem like a truly good and humble human. All the best to you and your family!
David ! Thank you for making this video . I just got the video version of the colour matcher . Most creators don’t talk about simple things like this , I know it won’t get the most views but it’s really important info . I’ll be watching this video more than once throughout the years . Happy Christmas to you and yours ! ✌🏼
Wish someone made wearable white balance like a scarf or watch band or piece of jewelry.
When I shooting in the studio should I photograph the neutral white card with flash or not. Please let me know. Thanks
Whatever your light source is for you photo/video. So if you're shooting flash, than yes with flash👍
Just get free paint samples from the hardware store. Bam! Merry Christmas.
@David Manning. Hope you get this comment, can you do more photoshop/editing/lightroom tutorials/tips? I'm new to photography and videography and it'll help if someone like you who explains things really easy to watch. Thanks for reading :)
What if you vlog and can’t hold up a card every few seconds LOL 😂
Hahah! This is for sure not a solid tip for vlogging🤣
which action camera should i buy gopro hero 10 or insta360 go 2 ?
Is it better to do it in camera or in post?
I clicked the link for the video one, and I see a Passport Video, and a Video card. Any preference? (Thank you for the video!)
Can this same item be used for videography?( I’m aware there is one for video but I actually own the photography version)
Absolutely! The neutral white and 18% gray are exactly the same on the photo and video version. The difference between the two is really just the arrangement of the colors and how they’re laid out. I’ve been using the photo version for video white balance and it’s great!
So using a white balance card is just used for editing post shoot in A editing program like lightroom correct?
Lots of cameras allow you to set a custom white balance in camera with a tool like this, but if you're shooting RAW images, it's easy to adjust everything in post👍
Does it have to be a specific white card like that or can you just use a piece of regular white paper?
These kinds of white cards are calibrated to perfect neutral white. Different pieces of paper will vary slightly in their actual color. You totally can use a white piece of paper to get you close though and then eyeball it to hone it in👍
Would this work with a simple white piece of paper also?
It can absolutely get you closer than if you did nothing, but those cards are calibrated to perfectly nail it
Hey! I was wondering if the grey card it’s better for white balance? Since a lot of people says it’s better for skin tones !?
It for sure warms things up a bit, but I would rather start at a proper white balance and then adjust manually from there. On the Color Checker Passport Photo V2, there's a chart on the front that you can use to warm up or cool off your image. Again though, I just use neutral white and then tweak to my preference👍
Absolute pure white isn't actually the best for white balancing. Traditionally balancing to grey was a better way to go. But we only usually white balanced in tricky lighting, otherwise we used manufacturer calibrated presets, because manually white balancing a camera actually reduces recorded colour channel information.
Hola! Yo también tengo una Sony A7S3. Y uso el perfil SLOG3. El balance de blancos en cámara se hace en el mismo SLog3 o es necesario hacerlo en PP off y luego cambiar a SLog3? Muchas gracias
How do I go about using this within FCPX?
Hi Dave 🙋
The color checker passport doesn't work!
I use one in a studio with manual white balance, manual camera settings, manual flashes and the color is always off even though the monitors are calibrated.
Wasted money.
Bummed to hear that man, I've always gotten great results with mine! Are you using it to set manual white balance and also using the dropper in post? The setting of manual white balance is great, but if you shoot it in place of your subject and then eye drop it in post, there's almost no way of messing it up. Are you shooting RAW?
@@DavidManningvlog shooting raw (pictures), WB locked so it's not a variable, none of the settings change, the lighting is static and the camera is on the tripod. I use their program to convert a raw picture to dng and I import it into camera raw as a profile. The eyedropper WB tool shouldn't matter because thats the programs job to balance the colors, including the WB. WB just one of the many factors of true color.
Using this just for WB is a pretty expensive gimmick that I could do the same way with a piece of printing paper.
To make things worse, the "corrected" image is worse to correct than the unprocessed picture that I do by eye and that's the reason I don't use the tool.
Maybe it's fine for someone with a Sony who needs a quick color correction 💀 for Instagram or some small photo session in an uncontrolled environment but if you're doing product photography or anything where the colors need to be spot on it's useless.
Would you use this with say an Osmo Action (1)/ GoPro and would you set the custom white balance or do auto? I get the photo side but video would seemingly change a lot more if done outside a opposed to indoor filming. On DSLR/mirrorless it is easier to set and even cellphones with something like Filmic Pro but on action style cams it seems fiddly and not as reliable.
This is scary, I'm currently learning how to do white balancing. How did he know?
I'm a wizard 🧙♂
im wonderring the sams thing. because i been hunting fof my own channel and this was clear concise information. I already had an idea but its always greqt to confirm again and again. Thanks
Google‘s probably listening and monitoring everything you do
@@stevencr506 ALWAYS listening!
Cool. Middlegrey the next time;-)
A piece of blank paper also works.
Great video, but that is mental $130 for that small plastic case, someone is making a total killing selling them. 😁😁
Not sure if it's available on other cameras but on my A7iii, you can't use the "set custom white balance" when in custom recall modes. Which really sucks because I shoot fast-paced hybrid photos, video, some in slowmotion, some regular speed, some fast autofocus, some single point.... etc and I have these set in memory recall so that I can easily switch between these settings quickly just by turning the mode dial.
I have white balance cards, but sadly, I can't use them that often because it would take too long to change my settings without memory recall AND also set my custom white balance. The only time I can do this is slower paced narrative film shoots or studio work. Anyone know of any workarounds?
Eye Droper Tool ...Pipett - where are you white? For freeeeee .. ??? In your eye! Costs nothing. You always recoment what is expensive. You said: I dont use GoPro anymore, after a few days GoPro is the best!! Got more money from them? David, you are implausible.