Comments on: A Review Of The ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lance Haverkamp http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-66058 Lance Haverkamp Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:15:20 +0000 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/#comment-66058 A styrofoam cup shoved on the end of your lens will do the exact same thing for about two cents. Point is at the light source, just like the $90 filter. Don't believe me...try it! A styrofoam cup shoved on the end of your lens will do the exact same thing for about two cents. Point is at the light source, just like the $90 filter. Don’t believe me…try it!

]]> By: joe http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-29566 joe Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:44:02 +0000 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/#comment-29566 it has been my experience, that if i use the expodisc just before i shoot a aprticular scene that the colors & WB are spot on. i do NOT go around & point the camera at the light source. but i HAVE found that i need to adjust the exposure via the SS, & take the 'picture'. remove the disc, set the camera thu the custom WB setting, & adjust the exposure for the scene. i have never shot raw, & so far in my experience, this process virtually eliminates the differences i have seen between RAW & jpeg. you talk about ahassle - the extra post-procesing steps in RAW strike me as far outweighing the steps i just described. i wish i had been present when you were selling your expodisc. jp it has been my experience, that if i use the expodisc just before i shoot a aprticular scene that the colors & WB are spot on. i do NOT go around & point the camera at the light source. but i HAVE found that i need to adjust the exposure via the SS, & take the ‘picture’. remove the disc, set the camera thu the custom WB setting, & adjust the exposure for the scene.

i have never shot raw, & so far in my experience, this process virtually eliminates the differences i have seen between RAW & jpeg. you talk about ahassle – the extra post-procesing steps in RAW strike me as far outweighing the steps i just described.

i wish i had been present when you were selling your expodisc.

jp

]]> By: James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-7103 James Stephens Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:32:46 +0000 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/#comment-7103 Stew, Ah tool. Thanks a lot. I wish I could tell you the Expodisc is great ..... For JPEG's using the Expodisc is a somewhat time consuming extra step if you want to get White balance right. To get the best results you generally have to stand where the subject is/will be and aim back at the position where you will take the shot. Having captured a reference you then walk back and take the shot. In my mind that is a hassle I would want to avoid. I would estimate that somewhat that partiular about getting the right white balance would probably be particular about other aspects of their prhotography and would therefore be better off shooting RAW anyway. Since I shoot RAW exclusively I actually sold my Expodisc recently. Best, James Stew,

Ah tool. Thanks a lot.

I wish I could tell you the Expodisc is great …..

For JPEG’s using the Expodisc is a somewhat time consuming extra step if you want to get White balance right. To get the best results you generally have to stand where the subject is/will be and aim back at the position where you will take the shot. Having captured a reference you then walk back and take the shot. In my mind that is a hassle I would want to avoid.

I would estimate that somewhat that partiular about getting the right white balance would probably be particular about other aspects of their prhotography and would therefore be better off shooting RAW anyway.

Since I shoot RAW exclusively I actually sold my Expodisc recently.

Best,

James

]]> By: Stew http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-6893 Stew Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:24:16 +0000 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/01/30/a-review-of-the-expodisc-white-balance-filter/#comment-6893 "is a useful too." I think you meant useful "tool"? :-) As someone who hasn't found a huge advantage in shooting RAW images (especially since my camera's RAW mode shoots RAW+JPEG), I was looking for reviews that said it did what they say it will and it makes your shooting and computer processing quicker and easier. But I don't exactly get that from your comments. And it seems like an expensive toy to check for white balance reference and for dust spots on your sensor! I wish you could have gone into a little more depth for those of us looking to see if this is a worthwhile addition to our camera bag. “is a useful too.” I think you meant useful “tool”? :-)

As someone who hasn’t found a huge advantage in shooting RAW images (especially since my camera’s RAW mode shoots RAW+JPEG), I was looking for reviews that said it did what they say it will and it makes your shooting and computer processing quicker and easier. But I don’t exactly get that from your comments. And it seems like an expensive toy to check for white balance reference and for dust spots on your sensor!

I wish you could have gone into a little more depth for those of us looking to see if this is a worthwhile addition to our camera bag.

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