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#76 |
Major Player
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: California
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Hey Perrone, I may be mis-reading your post, but I have the set of WarmCards and they aren't all just for "warm" tones. There's a neutral "white" card and also yellow cards that will cool a scene too to varying degrees, as well as some other colors to change up the look. I use mostly the white and warm cards for my style of shooting, but you could get an icy blue from these cards as well. You probably knew this but I just wanted to make it clear in case someone new might be thinking they're 'only' warming cards.
As for me, these cards are the best thing I invested in for the resulting look of my footage. In my opinion having pleasant warm tones does more to take out the 'video' look than anything else, including shooting 24p. |
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#77 |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Thanks for the update Buck. No, I did not know the warm card set included cool as well. I'm sure that's handy. Unlike most people, I tend to shoot a VERY flat image with my camera (akin to film) because I do most of my color in post. I realize that most people don't do that kind of workflow.
Maybe I'll do an A/B comparison of what a standard settting looks like (picture profile off) and my normal shooting profile.
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#78 |
Regular Crew
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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I purchased a set of warm cards a while ago and have been using them since Day 1 with the EX1. The only one I'll use in "normal" light is the 1/4 warm, the lightest blue card in the deck. Even then, it tends to really warm up the image on the EX1 such that I end up backing some of it back out in post. I'm not sure that's not a bi-product of the "red-heavy" EX1 that I've read about in these forums.
As of this point, I use the white-balance card with the Warm Card set almost exclusively as, like Perrone, I end up doing some amount of color correction in post anyway, and can add the warmth back in if I want it. |
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#79 |
Regular Crew
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Oakland, CA
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On projects I need to get out the door quickly with minimal post work, like weddings, I always balance on the 1/4 warm.
For anything else like commercials & music videos I use the white side of the Vortex cards. |
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#80 |
Major Player
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: California
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Ditto here too on the 1/4 Warm Card. There are times where I'll go higher (some indoor lighting situations requiring better skin tones), but with natural light (not a reference to beer) the 1/4 Warm is my go-to card. If I'm shooting a project with other cameras we'll usually balance on the 'white' card.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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For the matter, you can spill stuff/crud gets on the warm cards you just wipe them clean. Good times! |
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#82 |
Regular Crew
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Oakland, CA
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They are very durable. Plus you can get the 1/4 warm by itself on B&H for $17. I don't use any of the other cards so it's perfect for me whenever I lose one.
They're only doing that because back in the day the kit only went down to 1/2 warm and when they came out with the 1/4, the people with the original set, like myself, wanted to upgrade. Point is, they may not do this forever so stock up! |
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