Comments on: White Balance Lens Cap – Perfect White Balance in Every Lighting Situation

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:19:36 +0000

I recently completed an underwater photography course where adjusting your white balance is key. A small piece of white card or plastic is all you need. Stick it in your camera bag, hang it off your camera strap, glue it to the back of an existing lens cap. It won’t cost you much at all. I’ll shoot raw and fine-tune later where needed but getting the picture right when you take it is easier.

By: Tad

Tad — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:09:55 +0000

Sorry, but am I missing something here? How do these work? How can taking a shot with the lens cap attached expose the sensor to the lighting conditions in the intended environment? Someone explain, please.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:21:52 +0000

DIY (for greycard and WB lens cap): Hold a white piece of paper in front of your camera or aim the camera at something white in your scene and set your WB to custom. Tada… A free ,simple solution.

By: azizul

azizul — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:59:16 +0000

mlawin, try to turn off Auto Focus on your lens and take a shot.

By: mlawin

mlawin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:17:55 +0000

try to shoot with white paper on my lens and my camera will not take a shot.

By: Mike Thorsen

Mike Thorsen — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:51:43 +0000

I’m a DIY kind of guy. How about a hack to make your own from an old or extra lens cap?

By: Luda

Luda — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:11:23 +0000

Whaaaat? $45+ is way too much. I found some on Amazon for less than $20! Shop around before going to camera stores… you’ll usually be able to find the exact same thing for less than half their price.

By: bakulao

bakulao — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:34:57 +0000

I use a white paper plate when there is no white tissue around in a party. It also works! White painted doors are almost everywhere. Works just fine. Grab somebody wearing a white shirt. They love the attention!

By: peter coleman

peter coleman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:32:55 +0000

I picked up a full range of white balance lens caps at a online shop called phoebe in hong kong.
I found this shop through e-bay.
I have purchased quite a lot of camera gear with these people and got five star service every time.
Oh by the way, the lens caps cost only seven dollars each including delivery , within seven days of purchase.

Cheers .
Peter

By: B Tari

B Tari — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:45:33 +0000

I purchased this while on a trip to Tokyo and found it very inaccurate indeed… from my point of view a total and complete waste of money, I still get angry when I think about it.

Instead invest your money in an ExpoDisc or ExpoCap from ExpoImaging Inc. ( http://www.expoimaging.com ) which are deadly accurate and you’ll be pleased with the final results (please note that ExpoDisc and ExpoCap are two different products, I prefer ExpoDisc). If you shoot RAW like me, you don’t really need this or any other white balance aids, however, they come in very handy when shooting Jpegs. I use them all the time anyway as I don’t like to over-edit my photos on the computer, don’t believe in that approach.

There are cheaper products on the market essentially accomplishing the same thing such as Mennon white-Balance Lens Caps or Seculine Vivicap which is an excellent product and very inexpensive!

Hope this helps those who are wondering which white balance aid product to get!