How to White Balance and Set Exposure for $10 - Gray (Grey) Card

One cool little plus to the $10 grey card for us Panasonic users is: focus target :)

Literally set up a cheap little tripod where your head would be, put the grey card up where your head would be, dial in your manual focus (because of course autofocus is pointless) and bam! Perfect manual focus every time. Too bad I don't listen to my own advice? Haha

Not all color balance cards are created equal. I have a set of cards (black, gray, white) from Amazon and in critical lighting situations (photographing an artist's art) its not good enough. They are skewed towards green

Simple approach to a complicated issue , love it :))

This is good content. Keeping it simple for us simple folks. Not trying to sell something overly expensive.

This was fantastic and I was just about to purchase that grey card!

You're a total idiot. Also, this video was perfect and super helpful. Thank you.

Super easy! Super helpful. In the cart!!

Thank you

A man of culture drinking that Sam Adams beer

Bro is funny and simple 😂🤘🏾

amazing video.

Thanks a lot buddy.

this guy rules

Beer and coke, it seems like?

Ending was great. Thanks for this!

Hi Mark, thanks for the explanations. What is your advice when your are filming a event ? So I settle the WB when I'm inside and a WB when I'm outside BUT if I want to start a scene from outside and then go inside with the same shoot, what is your advice for this ? Because with the Sony ZV E10 (maybe I'm wrong) I can't switch WB mode while I'm filming... Thank you :D

I have made the manual wb on my new SV-E10 as described and it shows me 6700K - in front of a window in the morning and so the footage got a green touch. I wonder if you mentioned this green topic in an other video, I expected something around 5600K ?! 🤓
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GREAT!!

I literally subscribed when he pulled out the Sam Adams and said leave me alone.

Dude, I've seen a million YT vids, first time seeing you, but people 'like' you and me trying to do some cool stuff. I'm still grinning after the laughter. Well done, be great to have a beer sometime with you.

Mark! 😂 I'm still watching videos to learn about cameras. The topic of this one caught my eye, 'cause I've always had a tough time getting my smartphone exposure settings dialed in. Right now, the Sony ZV E10 is the front-runner for my budget. Can this be used with that camera?

Fantashtic video, exactly what I was looking for. Tanks:)

Q: Hi Mark, should I do white balance first or zebra exposure with sont zv e10? I heard: match the studio light and white balance first and exposure?!! Thank you.

Lol I taught that you're on coke or something :D Crazy energy.

Once again you have showed me a new trick. I have been messing with getting Dougie and my Nikon D7500 to play nice when it comes to color, just tried this and was amazed. I shoot flat on the Nikon and pp10 like you on Dougie. Seems to do the trick.

How come it doesn't matter whether you use the gray side or white side for white balance?

Hello Sir Mark, I hope you will notice my question.. It is possible if I just take a picture of the grey card then adjust the white balance in post-production?

My possible scenario on this is because if I started shooting picture I don't want to mess with my camera setting too much, if possible I just want my assistant hold the grey card for me and take a picture on a certain angle then start taking a picture on my subject.. specially on outside shooting where you have no control of lightning angle..

or maybe I'm on a event and want to shoot as fast as possible, you know what I mean? is the white balance will be different if I just wb on post rather than adjust the wb on camera?

P.S. sorry if my grammar is not good, I'm not a English speaker..

nice! Question, what is the cheapest and best for color checking for video?

This is my favorite channel for camera stuff! Mark you're hilarious and super helpful. Thanks

nice vid! I think would have been great telling us the K value for each 3 types of white balancing methods you used, rather than using your face to compare, as the differences maybe subtle yet could impact a product shoot.

Will it matter in what order you set the exposure or white balance using said cards when the lighting changes? Or will it always find the neutral grey/white in any scenario?

you are by far the most sympatic dude doing Videos about doing Videos 😄

Thanks

ahahah loved it and learned with it!

Do you use the same exposure process for HLG3? What zebra % should I use?

High-tech meets blue-collar practical. You just rock, man.

Does the set of pro - master cards work if that’s all I have ? They’re smaller (business card ) and it says “neutral gray” can I assume that’s the same as 18% gray plz respond asap

What if the lighting in the scene is not super consistent and I have to move around the place? For example, when I'm shooting a car in a big garage with a bunch of lights on the ceiling. I don't suppose that one must use the cards every time they walk around the subject, cause that would be crazy and time consuming. So, would using the cards be redundant if I use the card in front of the vehicle and then walk to it's side or back without changing the WB again?

helpful and funny, nice!

That was fun mate.... and helpful. Nice combo! 👊🏽🍺🦩

That looks quite good Mark. Unfortunately it comes in at £21 in the UK. Still not a bad price but shows you how we get conned in the UK

you are a totally idiot

color checker for 1 or 2 or 3 camera correct color for color grade

I would never pay $119.00 for the passport. Way over priced.

Great video. Do you recommend a certain metering mode for this exposure technique to work? Thanks.

Also in the ninja V, zebra at 50%??? For our principal character???

Thanks!

Very straightforward explanation for a n00b like myself, thanks! 👍