September 9, 2010
58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap
- Fits 58mm lenses
- Provides average white balance of a scene
- White balancing provides accurate color temperature and correction
- Use with any camera with a manual white balance setting feature
- Includes loop strap
Product DescriptionAttach this cap to your lens and use the white balance setting feature on your camera to take a measurement (set focus length to telephoto mode, if available), aiming at the scene where you will be taking pictures. The adjusted white balance setting corrects color temperature for many kinds of light sources, providing you with noticeably better looking pictures. Size: 58mm diameter. . . . More >>
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Comments on 58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap
With this lens cap you can easily setup a custom white balance in seconds! It also doubles as a permanent lens cap. Its economically priced and less cumbersome and more durable than gray cards or white paper.
Rating: 4 / 5
Calling this thing a lens cap boarders on false advertising. It is not threaded (just grooved) and does not hold onto the lens in any real way that would justify calling it a lens cap. As for WB it does OK but you just have to hold the white part over the lens, same as doing the old Pringle can lid trick.
Rating: 2 / 5
It takes less than 30 seconds to pop this cap over your lens and set a custom white balance, and the time is well worth it for the results. I’ve used it in obvious mixed light situations, such as in arenas with both natural light and artificial light, but also in less obvious spots, such as in deep shade on sunny days when some reflected light is coming into the scene from a nearby colored structure or mountainside. In both of these situations, and many others, the camera’s white balance presets are insufficient. Once you try this product and see how pleasing the results are from setting a custom white balance for your photographs, you will begin to see mixed lighting everywhere and want to use this cap more and more.
At least one other review complains about the threads. You do not need to use the threaded mount to use this cap, and it is unreasonable to expect quality threads on a cap which costs just a few dollars. I have a clear filter over the front elements of my lenses for protection, and I would not want to permanently add any more threads anyway for fear of vignetting. I keep this cap in an outer pocket of my camera bag, and I slip it into my pants pocket when shooting. To use it, just slip over the front of the lens, set your white balance, take the cap off, and you are on your way. To store the lens, continue to use the manufacturer’s dedicated lens cap.
Rating: 5 / 5
I received my white balance lens cap today. I agree with the other reviewers that the threading on the cap is terrible. Also if you plan to use this to set your white balance in a room with dim lighting, do not bother purchasing this product as it is simply useless for the purpose. I have not tried the white balance lens cap in a bright setting yet but am hopeful that it will be more useful.
Rating: 3 / 5
Pops off to takr picture. Fast white balance. Cmera is what takes the time to set.
Rating: 4 / 5