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herotamil
11-17-2007, 05:34 AM
I found this (maybe other members also have) and would like to share:

In digital photography, the translucent Pringles can lid can be used to "white balance" digital cameras. The lid is held over the lens and a photo is taken.The result is a whitish blur that is a diffuse image of the amibent light and its color temperature. The Pringles lid photo is then used to set the camera's manual white balance temperature, so that subsequent photos taken in the same light will have more accurate color reproduction. A search of photography lighting forums for "Pringles" will turn up numerous posts where the Pringles lids' color accuracy and usefulness is compared with other products such as dedicated white balance discs (the "ExpoDisc") costing in the USD $100 range. [3]

More: http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7072
ShaolinTiger
11-17-2007, 04:47 PM
Yeah I tried it before, it's not exactly accurate - but it's pretty good.
xman
08-13-2008, 12:03 AM
apart from

1. pringles lid
2. coffee maker filters
3. wearing white socks at shoots
4. expodisc
5. 18% grey cards

what else are your methods to determine best white balance?
noordin
08-13-2008, 07:54 AM
apart from

1. pringles lid
2. coffee maker filters
3. wearing white socks at shoots
4. expodisc
5. 18% grey cards

what else are your methods to determine best white balance?


Set to AWB? :P

Shoot in RAW and adjust the WB later if it's off. ;)
noruazumi
08-13-2008, 08:41 AM
apart from

1. pringles lid
2. coffee maker filters
3. wearing white socks at shoots
4. expodisc
5. 18% grey cards

what else are your methods to determine best white balance?
These are the 'tools' that can help you to set the WB manually using Preset WB on your camera.
However, I felt using a fixed manual WB can be troublesome because sometimes I have to deal with different lightings.
Most of the time I use AWB because I shoot in RAW.
Shooting RAW enable you to correct the WB when you are doing digital post-processing.
na7ure
08-13-2008, 08:55 AM
Wow! :bow_down:

But I still trust my Expodisc better :jester: (It never fail me at all)