White Balance Card

[Josh66]

This may be a dumb question, but does white balance make any difference when shooting RAW? I read that it doesn't matter because you can just change it to whatever you want in post....

Getting it right in camera saves time in PP.

 

[tecboy]

WhiBal - LensAlign

http://www.whibalhost.com/_pf_sitefiles/whibal/WhiBalUserGuide_V10.pdf

Is WhiBal better and more accurate than 18% grey card?

 

[480sparky42 42]

This may be a dumb question, but does white balance make any difference when shooting RAW? I read that it doesn't matter because you can just change it to whatever you want in post....

Well, if you want to take the time in post to do it, no... it doesn't make any difference. But it's better to be correct in-cam.

 

[KmH]

You use a photo that has a gray card in the photo to set the WB in a Raw converter.

If you use mixed lighting, more than 1 light source color temperature, to make a photo - WB can only be fully corrected for 1 of the light sources.

How to use a gray card - Bing

 

[EIngerson]

Looking for something sturdy - since it needs to go in the bag and not get destroyed being toted about with me. Is something like these good for the purpose? Or would it be better to use something bigger or from cardstock/paper instead of plastic?

Amazon.com: Zeikos ZE-DGC Digital Grey Card Set with Lanyard: Camera & Photo
Amazon.com: Optek Premium Reference White Balance Card - 3 Card Digital Color Correction Tool: Camera & Photo

I have one of those and they work perfectly.

 

[DreamPhotos]

Why do these grays looks so different?

Amazon.com: GENUINE WhiBal G7 Certified Neutral White Balance Card - Studio Card (3.5"x6"): Camera & Photo

Digital Gray Card

 

[480sparky42 42]

Why do these grays looks so different?

Amazon.com: GENUINE WhiBal G7 Certified Neutral White Balance Card - Studio Card (3.5"x6"): Camera & Photo

Digital Gray Card

I'd presume because is not an actual photo of the item, but just graphics built in a program. Even if they were both photos, they would have been taken by different people, with different cameras, under different lighting set-ups, with different monitors....

 

[snowbear118 49]

Why do these grays looks so different?

Amazon.com: GENUINE WhiBal G7 Certified Neutral White Balance Card - Studio Card (3.5"x6"): Camera & Photo

Digital Gray Card

I'd presume because is not an actual photo of the item, but just graphics built in a program. Even if they were both photos, they would have been taken by different people, with different cameras, under different lighting set-ups, with different monitors....

As well as being from different manufacturers. AFAIK, there isn't a standard that says middle, photo grey has to have a specific RGB/CMYK/HSV value. I have read that the old film-era grey cards differed a bit between manufacturers.