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Manfrotto 12' EZYBalance Collapsible Balance Card, Gray/White

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About this item

  • ACHIEVE PERFECT COLOR - Ensures accurate white balance and color calibration for professional-looking photos and videos, eliminating unwanted color casts.
  • ENHANCE IMAGE ACCURACY - Provides a reliable reference point for post-processing, allowing you to fine-tune colors and achieve true-to-life results with ease.
  • SIMPLE TO USE - Features an intuitive design for quick setup and hassle-free operation, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced photographers alike.
  • BUILT TO LAST - Constructed with high-quality materials for exceptional durability, ensuring long-lasting performance even in demanding shooting conditions.
  • UNIVERSAL COMPATIBILITY - Works seamlessly with any camera system, providing consistent and accurate results regardless of the brand or model you use.



4.1 out of 5 stars Best Sellers Rank
  • #447 in Lighting Reflectors
  • #61,980 in Photo Studio Equipment
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer No Date First Available August 28, 2005 Manufacturer Lastolite

From the Manufacturer



The EzyBalance ''point and shoot'' allows you to concentrate on the important part of photography, composition and ''capturing the moment.'' This handy double sided ''pop up'' 18% grey/white card simplifies the complex technical issues surrounding exposure and color correction when working in different lighting conditions. This provides a major benefit when working under pressure at events such as weddings or fashion shows.


Key Features:
• Triple re-enforced stitch line - Over 30 stitches per inch ensures steel rims won't be popping out of the rim tape
• Collapses to a third of opened size - Close down to a convenient size for portability
• Pre and Post capture color correction - Can be used to white balance digital cameras or fix color on digitized images
• Pre and post capture exposure control - Can help determine exposure for cameras or fix exposure on digitized images
• Collapsible/Reversible/Cleanable - Two wipe clean surfaces in one size makes it easy to take with you
• Can be used with all digital and film cameras - Not limited to only high-end cameras can be used on throw away film cameras all the way up to large format cameras


White Balancing the Camera
The EzyBalance features a unique focusing target to enable the camera to focus on the card and take the necessary readings for an accurate white balance setting. Many cameras struggle to actually focus on a plain white or grey area. Have your subject hold the EzyBalance and select the Custom White Balance setting on your camera (refer to your camera manual for instructions). Zoom in so that the EzyBalance fills the entire frame of your camera and take a reading off of the card (refer to your camera manual for instructions). Your white balance is now set so you can re-take the shot with the correct exposure and color balance.

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Post Capture - Exposure and Color Balancing
The EzyBalance can also be used as an accurate reference point for post capture manipulation in Adobe Photoshop® (and other software packages). All you need to do is take the first shot with the card in the photograph each time you shoot in a different lighting situation. Open the image in Photoshop and use the "levels" adjustment window. Select the Grey Eye Dropper and click on the card. Poor exposure and color balance will automatically be corrected. Save these changes as a new action, and apply the action to the remainder of the images from your shoot. All images are then automatically adjusted for you.

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Customer
Reviewed in Canada on July 30, 2021
Worked perfectly for my Canon M50 mkII. It immediately gave me confidence that my images and video were neutral, and ready to be adjusted manually in post. It folds up really nicely too into a little pouch. I just clip that onto my camera bag. Worth the investment if you want to get the most out of your camera.
Scott Newton PhotoGuy
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2021
PROS* Easy to fold* Less wrinkled than most of the other brands* love the black & white borders* Good exposureCONS* Although it's easy to fold, I fear because of the build quality it might break or stay warped (as others have said), and that it will become more wrinkled. BUT that's an issue with every single one of these.* Price & build quality. For this price the build quality should be better than the cheap ones, but it isn't.* White balance. I have a $6 one that does much better white balance (but I do like the grey side for exposure). For this price the white balance should be correct.OVERALLOverall, it's build quality isn't much better than cheaper ones (but it does stay more flat if you DON'T fold it back up, I never fold these up again). It's grey is good & I get proper exposure. The white is off.If they got the white balance correct I'd add another star, and just take one off for price, because it's flatter than most, with a non-reflective surface (good matte surface)... But it is a white balance card (on one side) so that's a big deal that they got wrong.
Doctor Who
Reviewed in Italy on February 20, 2014
Il pannellino con grigio medio e bianco è utilissimo per bilanciare il bianco quando la reflex sbaglia ed il grigio permette di esporre correttamente anche quando il l'esposimetro si fa ingannare dai colori. Piccolo, di buona fattura, soldi decisamente ben spesi.
Robert B.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014
This is a Lastolite product, so it has an excellent design and build that will last for many years if you take care of it. Folds down for storage in your camera bag or light bag.I used to shoot for a local newspaper and had the older version of this product. I used it many times per day and it always got the white balance dead on and with the focus mark in the center, allows you to leave auto focus turned on while using. I usually use a light meter, but in a pinch this can be used to set exposure with the in camera metering as well (if your using a camera with excellent accurate metering built in). It lasted for over 10 years, until I lost it, so now someone else has a great product.I purchased this one to replace my previous model and am even more impressed with this one.This model has the focus marks on the gray side and the white side and is the prefect size to use and fold up for carry in your bag. I have always found if you set your white balance and exposure correctly there is no need to shoot raw images, jpg image work great and are much smaller storage space wise and blow up to billboard size with no problem if you are using the right camera and optics.This is a must have for anyone wanting a compact and well build product (instead of carrying gray cards) to set their white balance correctly and if you do not have access to or cannot afford a good light meter, can also be used to set exposure. My suggestion, unless your outdoors in sunlight, always, always, always set white balance manually with this or another gray card product. Do not every rely on the in camera white balance other than outdoor sunlight if you want correct colors in your images.
A. Kainz
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2013
Well, I've only just gotten my little ezybalance card, and it seems quite nice. The only negative is the little bugger veritably LEAPS out of my hand, whenever I take it out of the bag/pouch/it's HOME. The first time I took it out, I barely had it out of the bag, heard a snap, and it was 6 meters away! Probably also makes a decent frisbee replacement, in a pinch. I can't wait to press it into more serious service.
Carlos
Reviewed in Spain on January 28, 2013
Excelente! un accesorio imprescindible para poder hacer un balance de blancos adecuado con cámara digital.Pequeña, práctica, se lleva en el bolsillo de la bolsa, siempre a mano.Por más que te esfuerces, el único modo de objeter un balance de blancos clavado, es con una carta de este tipo. Además, lleva unos dibujos que ayudan al autoenfoque cuando se hace el equilibrado y evitar que se vuelva loca la cámara con una carta plana.Como reflector, eso sí, olvídate. Es muy pequeña para reflejar nada.
Favier
Reviewed in France on January 14, 2013
Accessoire quasi indispensable pour réaliser des photos dans des conditions d'éclairage artificiel difficiles ... la charte des gris se révèle très souvent bien utile pour déterminer une bonne "balance des blancs" lors du post traitement des photos.Cette charte Lastolite est pratique pour cela et tient facilement dans tout sac photo ...
GaiasJewels
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2012
I would have rated this product 5 stars if it had cross-hairs on the white side, too. All of the photos of this product that I could find before buying it showed the gray side only so I was caught by surprise when the white side didn't have cross-hairs on it. I shoot macro in a tent/dome sometimes and when setting my custom white balance it's nice for the camera to have something to focus on when the white card fills the frame. OTHER THAN THAT the product is great. Well made, collapses to a small size with a great carrying pouch. Would recommend this to others.
E. R. Williams
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2011
Is a white balance/grey card still necessary in these days of digital shooting and processing? Well, simply, yes; especially if shooting in non-natural lighting conditions such as under fluorescent lights, which most camera's auto/fluorescent WB settings get fooled by.The Ezybalance comes scrunched up in the typical Lastolite blue half-zip circular rugged bag, and once pulled out, unfurls with a satisfying thonk; then you simply set your camera to take a custome WB setting, fill the frame with the card, focus on the target and Bob's your uncle - one accurate WB setting! Folding the card up takes a little getting used to, as it's designed to be rigid when open, so you have to learn to fold in a sort of circular way, which when done, is easy enough to put bag in it's bag and zip it up; time taken? a few seconds. As an aside, once it's scrunched up and put away, it wont start to unfold on itself, so you don't have to worry about suddenly finding a rather unwieldy, not as flat as it was bag in your kit bag! Also, if it won't fit in your kit bag, there's a cord loop on the case that you can use to attach to your kit bag's harness - mine is currently dangling quite happily from my !
Robert T. Johnson
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2008
This is a great product. Every photographer new to photography that do not understand how to set the white balance or exposure using the camera's built in light meter, should purchase this 18% gray card or this 18% gray card tool.This tool helps take the guess work out of getting the correct white balance and exposure setting right the first time. Even though I know how to use Photoshop to correct the white balance and exposure, it's more efficient to have the correct settings from the very start, which means less time making corrections during post processing.To determine the exposure using the card fist I set my camera's ISO speed to match the lighting conditions, such as outside ISO 100 indoors ISO 400, meter to spot and mode dial to auto. Then fill the viewfinder with the card and be sure that the focus is out of focus so that you are reading the overall card and not just a spot on the card, with the flash set to off take the picture.Now playback the image and display the exposure setting set by the camera, such as f-stop and shutter speed. Now set the camera to manual and set the f-stop and shutter to correspond to the auto settings. Now if your camera has a manual white balance setting follow the above methods to set the white balance. My Nikno D60 has just such a function, which will allow for setting the white balance by taking a picture of a gray or white card to set the manual white balance and hold that setting in memory or use another pictured stored on the media card with correct the white balance settings.Now your settings are correct for exposure and white balance and you can start taking pictures. Remember if your location or the lighting changes you must recalibrate the white balance and exposure.If you are experienced in using Photoshop, open an image and on the menu bar got layer > new adjustment layer > levels and click Ok to create the adjustment layer, select the middle gray eyedropper and click the gray card in the image. You may or may not see a change, if the exposure or white balance was set correctly there will be no change, but if the setting were not correct you will see the exposure and white balance change.The out come that you want is no change, this will mean that everything was set correctly and that no adjustments are needed. But if there were changes and there are other image taken under the same lighting conditions you can save the level setting and use it to correct the other images, with the levels dialog window still open click the save button and give the level settings a name and save it and save the corrections made to the image.To use the saved settings to correct another image just open the image to be corrected and on the menu bar select layer > new adjustment layer > levels and click Ok to create the adjustment layer. Click the load button and load the file that you named and saved in the previous steps, the image will change to reflect the correct exposure and white balance click Ok and save the image.This will help in post processing by allowing you to make corrects in a timely manner.If you use Photoshop's Lightroom you can save the setting and then apply it to many images at one time, which will speed up the post processing time.