White Balance­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­7 - Datavideo DVK­100 Mk II Instruction Manual

With Retro Reflective Cloth lighting is a little different. The backdrop requires no lighting as the LED Light
Ring, which is mounted on the camera provides all the lighting for the backdrop. A Retro Reflective Cloth set
up would be more like this:
White Balance
White Balance is extremely important when setting up a chroma key studio. The camera must be correctly
white balanced to prevent the subject picking up any colour cast from the background. Of course the white
balance settings will vary according to the type of lighting you are using, but neutral whites are the all
important target.
To set the white balance you will need a white reference card (or a sheet of white paper). Focus the camera
on the reference card and light it evenly using the main light. Set the cameras iris / aperture so that the card
is correctly exposed. Use the Auto White Balance function, or set the white balance manually so that the
card appears white. If in any doubt about how to white balance your camera, please refer to your camera
instruction manual for details.
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