Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]there is something wrong on page 2 of your manual The Kodak Gray card is made to give you 18% gray it is I think the only card on the market today that gives you the perfect 18% gray it is a card the measure the light because all light-meters used to be calibrated on this 18 % gray but the kodak gray card doesn't reflect all the colors in the same amount that's why they made digital gray cards these are not meant to meter the exposure the name is wrong we better cal these white balance cards it is always better to use one that's not grey the WhiBal G7 in your collection is the best when you use the ccp they advise you to use the the second path on the white side of the bw strip I teach photography and every year when I explain the difference between exposure metering and white balancing I ask the students to put their gray cards on the table then you see a big difference between them, you even see big differences between cards from the same manufacturer. white balance metering is also different as exposure metering, you have to hold the card different and color temperature metering without camera calibration is only half the story best regards Op 2/02/17 om 23:09 schreef Christopher Crawford: > I have just added a new tutorial to my Photo Lessons website! > > White Balance Demystified > <http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/whitebalance/index.php> >