[Leica] Be's Soccer Game

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Ric, IF your grey card is completely neutral then you would get a correct
> setting for the light that was falling on that, yes.
> Grey cards are not always neutral (being originally intended for that
> overall tonal level rather than white balance) and of course as you said 
> the
> light will vary across the area in a case like this.
> 
> You can consider shooting one frame with a WHIBAL card or similar in it and
> then set your WB from that in LR or ACR, using that to synchronise all of
> your shots. I do that for portraits.
> http://www.rawworkflow.com/
> Really most of these methods work best in studio situations or where you
> have controlled conditions of course.
> What I was trying to point out was that auto WB in your camera often makes 
> a
> good guess at what you need and that you can change it afterwards in Raw
> with no penalty. Later firmware for your M8 improved its WB performance
> also. Having the same setting in developing that you found acceptable for
> one frame can then be used to make the others consistent.
>  Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


ClearWhite, ExpoDisc Neutral, Lally CAP, Mennon and Phoxle SpectraSnap
White Balance Filters you can put over your lens to get a White balance
reading which may turn out to be more accurate and much more convenient than
the use of gray cards. I'm going to try them out. I knew  a guy who swore by
them and he seemed pretty smart and I saw some of his shots.

http://www.ppmag.com/web-exclusives/2008/11/product-comparison-white-balan-1
.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/5bgfy3

People also used to use a thing like this to make an incident  reading in
stead of a reflective with their cameras light meters.




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