White Card vs Gray Card - White Balance Battle to the Death! - FOTGA 12" & Neewer
Shawn Dolinski
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White Card vs Gray Card - White Balance Battle to the Death! - FOTGA 12" & Neewer Karen obviously says that you can't use a Gray card for white Balance (only for exposure), so I made a video that compares using a White Card vs a Gray Card to set your White Balance in-camera for photography and video. I set up 4 different lighting scenarios (mixed light, daylight, studio and tungsten)...then I did tests to determine if there is actually a winner, along with tests on whether you should fill the screen or not, have it in the middle or not, if different brands of white and gray cards produce different results (FOTGA 12" vs Neewer Large Size Cards) and what white balance setting is best for taking your initial white balance image... (is it gray or grey...asking for a friend?). Timestamps can be found below... *White/Grey Card used 1: FOTGA 12" 18% Grey/White Balance Card Two Sides Double Face Focus Board for Photograph ($14.99 CDA on Amazon) *White/Grey Cards used 2: Neewer Large Size 2 Card Set 8" x 10" -White Balance/Exposure Card 18% Gray Card Set for Digital and Film Photography ($13.99 on Amazon) This video is PART TWO of my White Balance Series: - Part 1: How to Set Custom White Balance on Your Camera - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFdYL6aUrSs - Part 3: Correct Basic White Balance issues in Post - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOXXhMgQAs - Part 4: Does Anyone Ever use White Balance Shift/Bracketing...? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw9HRq7aFVU 0:00 Start 1:08 Test 1: White vs Gray Card Battle 2:34 Test 2: Brand vs Brand Battle 4:01 Test 3: Coverage Area Battle 5:12 Test 4: Middle vs Side Battle 5:29 Test 5: White Balance Setting Battle Studio Equipment; Camera: Panasonic G9 Lenses: Sigma 16mm, 30mm, Panasonic 12-35 f.28 Microphone: Sennheiser MKE 600 with Beachtek DXA-SLR Ultra & Blue Yeti Screen Recorded in 4K with OBS Studio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvRAsREUpzQ) Custom Build PC: Ryzen 9 3rd Gen Processor Asus Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB GDDR6 Asus Prime X570-P Aura Sync Corsair MP600 NVMe PCle Gen4 x4 M.2 Force Series SSD 64 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM 2666 MHz 32" BenQ 4K Monitor EW3270U Intro Song: Cold Killa (sting) Outro Song: Otis McDonald - Stay (sting) Other Channels by Shawn Dolinski: The Digital Workshop - https://www.youtube.com/user/vm5foot12 JD Media (My Son's Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QVVgk7x0Z_hJF9NTjC5sg
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