2 filters - what is the difference?

[believer]

Can someone tell me the difference between

Professional Neutral White Balance Lens Filter

AND

Professional Portrait White Balance Portraiture Filter

I take alot of outdoor shots, but am starting to take some portraits in a studio sitting

Can only get one

I value the opinions and guidance of this forum greatly

Thanks once again,

Montine

[Whiplash-GT]

if i might, i'd like to comment on the similarities instead :)

both are redundant if shooting RAW and adjusting thru pp

both are easily replaced by using a .10 cent piece of 12-18% grey paper (or a grey or white card) and setting thru the PRE setting within your camera

both are replaced by dialing in the kelvin settings if you happen to know what temperature your "lighting" is, be it flash or constant lighting


i'd prefer relying on the auto wb settings over using these "filters"

everything i've said has been IMO :)

[lexcell]

As I understand it, the portrait white balance filter is warmer than the neutral one so that you get a pleasing warm skin tone.

Unless you are photographing something where you really need dead on color accuracy (like clothing for a catalog where the colors have to match) I'm with Whiplash on using Auto or even the pre-sets when I want to get creative and then tweak it in Capture NX later if I want to fine tune.
It is an individual thing as to whether or not you need custom white balances for your image captures.