Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While years in a photo school have convinced me that gray cards DO vary, why would you put any more faith in Bob Shell than a $.98 gray card? :) :) :) Walt On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >From the Rollei List Bob Shell has authoritatively and convincingly > turned my head around. > He says middle grey is 13% and the middle grey card is 18% so you have > to open a half stop when you use it. > I quote myself: > I find it quite humorous to find out this late in my photographic life > that the middle grey card is not middle grey. > "It's like finding out that middle grey isn't middle grey!" > What next? Is nothing sacred? > Did everybody know but me? > I you walked up to me in a bar and wanted to bet me whether the middle > grey card was really middle grey what would I have done? > I going to go bury my head in the sand! > Anything else you guys/gals want to tell me before my hair falls out. I > know about Santa. > Mark :-) Rabiner >