[Leica] Easy way to set white balance on digital cameras.

[mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net)]

Peter,

Arrgh. I've been exposed as short-sighted with regard to Solms gnomes 
marketing ploys. How could I have missed Designer Edition white balance 
discs?

Pringles, you say? There is a low-carb version, yes?

-Chris Lawson


> Chris:  If you want to be an even cheaper s.o.b., you could try what some 
> people on the Oympus DSLR list have been using--the white plastic lid from 
> a tin of Pringles(*).  I haven't tried it myself, but some folks swear by 
> it, and their posted pictures look good on my screen.  Others have used, 
> believe it or not, coffee filters.  As Dave Barry says, I am not making 
> this up.
> 
> (For non-US LUGgers, Pringles are specialty potato chips that come stacked 
> in a cylindrical tin, which I'm told conveniently has an outer diameter 
> close to that of the E-1 kit lens.  Shades of Kyle Cassidy and his 
> vitamin-bottle lids as M-mount rear lens cap.)
> 
> As for the Leica Digital-Weissebalancescheibe , the one with the black rim 
> will cost $995.  The silver rimmed version will go for $1095, but will 
> eventually be reduced to $945.00 by dealers.  As for Titanium and 
> Hammertone, they will be part of the a la carte program, $1249 and $1895, 
> with a one and two-year waiting list.
> 
> --Peter