Lightdow 12 x 12 Inch (30 x 30 cm) White Balance 18% Gray Reference Reflector Grey Card with Carry Bag [Folded Version]

This a clever little product that meets my need perfectly. I used mine to perform custom white balancing in the field on my Nikon D600. It came in a small zip bag and pops open when you take it out. I mean Pop! It weighs like a feather and it's cloth over wire frame construction means it's very easy to set up against a tree or whatever in the field, set white balance, then pack it away. So it's both compact and under 4 oz., great for your gear bag in the field. The wire frame makes it less likely than a piece of gray card to blow away. The cloth means it's possibly cleanable as well. Just what I wanted for the field! Light, cheap, reliable, practical. My D600 read the grey face but not the white face. Here's how to fold it back up so it'll fit back into the pouch: Note that it is roughly rectangular with 4 corners. With both hands pinch two catty corners or opposite corners on the diagonal, doesn't matter which two as long as they're catty corner. Bring the 2 corners together so it's pinched together in the middle. You now have 2 corners together and it looks like a sort of butterfly shape. Holding the pinched corners with one hand, turn that hand inward towards you so the back of that hand faces away and the 2 "butterfly wings" face at you. Using your other hand bring the bottom wing up and into the middle so you can now pinch that lobe as well with the hand that has the middles pinched. Now holding all that with one hand, bring the other lobe over and down on top and, keeping it pinched bring it all together in the smallest size and slip it back into the pouch whilst keeping it all pinched together. A lot to write down for you, but do this once and it's a cinch forever!

Works as advertised! Nice, simple, decent carry case! Tom

Very handy when im in my studio to get white balance on the fly. love that it folds up small so I can easily store it.

It's not perfect but it's not bad either. At such an inexpensive price point, it's hard to beat this. I accidentally bought two but kept both because the price and small size are perfect. I have one in my camera bag and one in a loose ends/backup bag for when I'm traveling on-set. On my GH5, this works just fine for setting white balance. I've tried with both the white side and the gray side and both seem to produce the same results. Plus, it's pretty fun to snap it open when pulling it out of its 4" x 4" bag. The quick and easy fold-up means it's perfectly compact and will fit in a camera bag, back pocket, or whatever other small space you have available (the side pockets on a camera bag work great). Clients also love it. It's something they can quickly hold and it seems like giving them something to hold while getting the frame set helps reduce their anxiety about filming. Get one. Given its low price, you can't go wrong. It might not be 100% perfect but it's almost perfect and especially so for the price it's at.

Really nice, compact foldable reference surfaces with gray on one side and white on the other. When folded up, it fits nicely in the carry-bag that it comes in. Unzip, pop it open and instant white balance surface for more accurate colors. Very handy. I will say, in the middle of a shoot on location, it is easy to misplace things. Someone on the crew left this at a shoot. We went back to look for it, but it probably blew away and someone that does not know film/photography is wondering what the heck it is. Luckily, these reflectors are a great value and if I'm going to lose any gear, this one was not expensive to replace. I immediately ordered an identical replacement since I liked it and did not have to shop other options.

Fast shipping and great product! I would buy from them again.

First, functionality. It’s a gray card, so I expect it to give me 18% neutral gray upon reflectance. And it did ever so easily. I included a couple of test pictures with Bambi. The first picture is indoor, with LED ceiling light on the soft toy. The second picture is when the white balance of the picture is corrected with the gray card. Not bad, isn’t it? I shoot all my pictures in RAW format, and if you happen to use a Mac like I do, you can just load the photos into the Photos app on Mac, go to Edit, then Adjust, and the White Balance menu. Make sure that you select Temperature/Tint in the dropdown box, then click on the little dropper-like icon right beside the dropdown box, and then click on the gray card. It corrects the white balance using the gray card as a reference for neutral gray. Then you can simply copy and paste adjustments and correct the other pictures taken under the same lighting. Simple enough. The Lightdow graycard arrived in a round black polyester bag (about 4 inch in diameter), with a small hoop at the top of the bag for easy attachment to camera bag or backpack by a clip or a caribena. Though the graycard bag material does not convey any feeling of luxury (not that I care anyway), the zipper works very smoothly without any glitch I would typically expect of a poorly constructed bag. The gray card in itself measures about 12 inch by 12 inch when fully extended from its collapsed state in the bag. It is essentially a very soft, velvet like fabric wrapped around some rather flexible plastic scaffold (along the edges of the gray card). So to collapse it back into the bag, you just hold on to the opposite edges of the gray card, twist in opposite directions. Fairly easy, no surprises. Overall, I feel this is a better choice than the credit card sized gray cards, simply because it allows me to take a picture of the gray card without having to stick my lens right onto the smaller gray cards.

Fast, small and accurate.

Muy útil y fácil de transportar. Tamaño perfecto para llevar con tu equipo y al doblarla se queda en nada. Es justo lo que necesitaba.

I'm not sure why I didn't have one of these. It should be in every camera bag. Stop relying on your camera's metering and WB reading and use one of these for more accurate results. And for this price, is kind of a no-brainer really. Gave it 4 out of 5 stars only because it popped out of it's pouch and made me leap off of the sofa, and it's a bit annoying to fold back up. Other than that, great purchase. I'm ordering a second one for a friend.

Useful for beginner photographers

Get what I expected.

I love the size and portability of this gray card. It’s thin, lightweight, and folds up easily, making it the perfect tool to always keep in your camera backpack without adding bulk. It’s an excellent, simple product that helps get the white balance right every time. Highly recommended!