Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]essentially using it like an incident (as aposed to reflected) light meter "held at the subject pointing to where the camera will be" Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 13, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > I always had trouble with this device. By "point at the primary > light source", does that mean you point it at the sun on a bright > day? At dusk, do you point it at the lightest part of the sky? > Inside with multiple sources (tungsten, window, flourescent) what > do you point it at? > Thanks for any info you can provide. Mines been sitting on the > shelf since the day after I bought it... > Bob > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 8:45:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Be's Soccer Game > > 2010-03-13-10:47:29 Ric Carter: >> so, if i shoot a graycard, and set balance accordingly manually, it >> will give me a metadata tag that will make the LR import consistent? > > Yep. A particularly handy thing to use for this is an ExpoDisc: > > http://www.expoimaging.com/product-overview.php? > cat_id=1&keywords=ExpoDisc > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/358082-REG/ > ExpoImaging_EXPOD77W_ExpoDisc_77mm_Digital_White.html > > Just slap it in front of your lens, point at the primary light source, > and grab your white-balance frame. > > The "ExpoDisc Portrait" is what I ended up preferring, pretty much > universally. It's ever-so-slightly on the cool side of neutral, which > causes the camera to compensate to ever-so-slightly warm. > > Oh, and while they have lots of sizes (presumably to fit particular > lenses), I've found that just one big one (77mm is enough bigger than > glass I regularly use) to hold in front of any lens, shade and all, is > what works for me. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information