FEBRUARY 21, 2003
WarmCards
White Balance Reference System
by Stephen Schleicher
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How well do these cards work? Very well as the following images show.

White balancing on white card.
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White balancing on WarmCards #1/2.


White balancing on WarmCards #3.


Indoor normal white balancing.


White balancing on WarmCard #2.


The default florescent room casts an unpleasant sheen on the image.


After white balancing on the WarmCards Minus Green card, the room "looks" more natural.


The Minus Green card can also be used to remove some of the color from the image to give cool (instead of warm) results.


Is there a drawback to these cards? Well, they are slightly overpriced. The base package is $65 and the Plus Pak is an additional $26, but you do pay for convenience. If you were to find the right shade(s) at a store (or even print it out on your color printer) and then laminate, grommet, and create a carrying system, you would probably be spending just as much.

Other that that, these cards work very well, and have become a permanent fixture in my camera bag, along with my 5 in 1 reflector kit, extra batteries, and filter system.

When not working deep in the labs of the DMN Central Division testing the latest and greatest software/hardware products Stephen Schleicher can be found at the local university teaching a few courses on video and web production. He can be reached at schleicher@mindspring.com. You can also visit him on the web at www.mindspring.com/~schleicher


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