- Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.3 cm ; 23 g
- Boxed-product Weight: 23 g
- Item model number: DGK-2
- ASIN: B000HDFH6W
- Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 26 Feb 2010
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,334 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
This card has three cards, white, black, and gray, so you can use it for RAW or for JPEG (see more below). The user's guide is helpful, but not super technical. The price is unbeatable for what you get. Shipping is fast. I used this card to shoot a friend's wedding and the results were fantastic! Basically this is a cheap and easy way to get perfect colors in your digital pix.
Before I got this white balance card, I got a whybaL G6 card, which was a lot more expensive. Shipping was a bit slow, and when it arrived, I was disappointed because it has only one card, and the user's guide on CD-Rom they show in the picture either is out of stock or never existed because they wouldn't send me one when I asked. My colors have been super accurate with the Digital Grey Kard - I don't think it's worth spending more than twice as much to get the wHybAl card.
I shoot RAW files mostly, and in Photoshop or Photoshop Lightroom I use 1-click white balance in the RAW converter. During a photo shoot I simply shoot an image of the gray card under the same lighting conditions as my subject. Then in post-production (I use Photoshop Lightroom) I open the image of the Digital Grey Kard in the RAW converter. I use a 5 pixel white balance dropper to get a good sample of the color of the gray card. Then I select all of the images that were shot under those same lighting conditions, and click the 'sync' button, making sure I sync the white balance only. That's all I have to do to get perfect color. Fast, accurate, easy.
When I shoot JPEGs, I am glad to see that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom will still allow me to do some white balance correction, essentially using the same steps as outlined above. But with JPEG, the image quality is degraded somewhat by the process, so RAW is a better way to go.
There is another way to get great white balance for JPEG using this card. The Digital Grey Kard is also perfect for setting in-camera white balance, which actually is the best way for JPEG photographers to get perfect colors without having to use Photoshop or Lightroom. The user's guide included with the cards makes this easy.
I use the white card and the black card sometimes to set levels in Photoshop. To set the white and black point in the Photoshop "levels' control, I shoot an image of all three cards, and open the image in Photoshop. I go to image->adjust->levels an use the highlight dropper tool on the white card and the shadow dropper tool on the black card, finally I use the midtone dropper tool on the gray card. This technique is great for setting up a JPEG for maximum dynamic range - which allows you to take advantage of the full capabilities of the output printer or display device.
This is a great color correction tool every digital photographer should have. Get this white balance card - it's great for the money.
Before I got this white balance card, I got a whybaL G6 card, which was a lot more expensive. Shipping was a bit slow, and when it arrived, I was disappointed because it has only one card, and the user's guide on CD-Rom they show in the picture either is out of stock or never existed because they wouldn't send me one when I asked. My colors have been super accurate with the Digital Grey Kard - I don't think it's worth spending more than twice as much to get the wHybAl card.
I shoot RAW files mostly, and in Photoshop or Photoshop Lightroom I use 1-click white balance in the RAW converter. During a photo shoot I simply shoot an image of the gray card under the same lighting conditions as my subject. Then in post-production (I use Photoshop Lightroom) I open the image of the Digital Grey Kard in the RAW converter. I use a 5 pixel white balance dropper to get a good sample of the color of the gray card. Then I select all of the images that were shot under those same lighting conditions, and click the 'sync' button, making sure I sync the white balance only. That's all I have to do to get perfect color. Fast, accurate, easy.
When I shoot JPEGs, I am glad to see that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom will still allow me to do some white balance correction, essentially using the same steps as outlined above. But with JPEG, the image quality is degraded somewhat by the process, so RAW is a better way to go.
There is another way to get great white balance for JPEG using this card. The Digital Grey Kard is also perfect for setting in-camera white balance, which actually is the best way for JPEG photographers to get perfect colors without having to use Photoshop or Lightroom. The user's guide included with the cards makes this easy.
I use the white card and the black card sometimes to set levels in Photoshop. To set the white and black point in the Photoshop "levels' control, I shoot an image of all three cards, and open the image in Photoshop. I go to image->adjust->levels an use the highlight dropper tool on the white card and the shadow dropper tool on the black card, finally I use the midtone dropper tool on the gray card. This technique is great for setting up a JPEG for maximum dynamic range - which allows you to take advantage of the full capabilities of the output printer or display device.
This is a great color correction tool every digital photographer should have. Get this white balance card - it's great for the money.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I bought a Digital Grey Kard about a fortnight ago, and have used it both indoors and outdoors, and am very pleased with the more accurate colour rendition obtained. In particular, I went out a week ago on a dull, cloudy day. I used the Grey Kard to take a white balance setting, and used that setting most of the morning. The resulting pictures were, in my opinion, better than I had achieved previously using either Automatic White Balance or one of the camera's preset settings.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The results are as hoped for. Colour is noticeably improved. The cards are easy to use, don't take up space and are robust enough to squeeze into a fairly crammed equipment bag. Highly recommended if you need a grey card.
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The service was excellent Product was well described , was mailed quickly and arrived in a timely fashion and in secure packaging. It is a very portable product and is easy to use.
Published 7 months ago by DAVIDH
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Does what it says on the tin. Easy to use.
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Published 10 months ago by Detlev M. Quigley
Great
Awesome. Does exactly what it is supposed to do. Cut to credit card size they fit in your pocket and you can very easily shoot them while on location, making it very easy to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Paulo E. Reichert
Does what it says on the tin
Brought this a few weeks ago to use with a Nikon D-SLR, have tried it in a variety of lighting alongside comparison images taken using AWB and presets. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by D. Crockett
OK
A bit expensive for what it is, maybe better to buy some card from an art shop!
Published on 9 Jun 2009 by M. Griffiths
