It is certainly a sound solution. All the way back to high school in the 1980's we used white, translucent lens caps on our video cameras to set white balance. Of course, a plain white t-shirt worked in a pinch...
-Brendan --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > From: Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> > Subject: Setting custom white balance > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 9:12 PM > There was a thread here sometime in > the last few days about setting white balance in > stage-lighting conditions. I didn't pay that much attention > and have deleted the thread. But this evening I was perusing > the current issue of Outdoor Photography and noticed an ad > for "the missing link in digital photography." > > The link is here: http://www.lallyphotography.com/store/ > > The "missing link" looks like a miniature shower cap - a > piece of flexible plastic with an elastic collar that you > would fit over the front of a lens. Actually, even more than > a shower cap, it reminds me of the elasticized plastic cover > you might buy to place over a small dish of left-overs in > the refrigerator. But presumably the optical transmission of > this particular plastic makes it particularly suited for the > purpose of establishing a custom white balance in any > lighting conditions. The material/construction is such that > you could tuck it into a pocket or corner of your camera > bag. Or use it as a soft lens cap while your camera is in > the bag... > > The concept makes sense. I leave it to you to decide if it > is worth the $29 +$3 S&H. If someone does try it, I wold > be interested in your assessment of the results. > > stan > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
