As lighting conditions change, your camera shifts the way it reproduces white, resulting in color shifts in your photos or video footage. ColorChecker White Balance also gives you a way to adjust your digital camera’s color sensitivity to exactly match the ambient lighting conditions. Setting a custom white balance for each lighting situation will make the previews on your camera’s built-in display more color correct, make your histograms more reliable, and speed up post-production color editing. Raw shooters can capture anytime during the session to gain these benefits, while JPEG shooters should make it your first shot.
Why can't I use just any white object?
White balancing on a piece of paper or other gray elements in the scene may seem like a simple workaround, but most objects are not actually neutral under all lighting conditions, and they're certainly not consistent. An inaccurate white balance will result in color casts and a lack of consistency between lighting conditions.
Calibrite ColorChecker White Balance Features
- Make post production color editing faster and easier by eliminating the need to neutralize each image individually
- Improve the color preview on your camera's display so your histograms are more reliable
- Eliminate color casts
- The actual color of the target is a light gray, which provides the best white balance result