Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: metering middle grey
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:23:56 -0500 (CDT)

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
>