Grey Card
Posted 06/06/2008 - 23:06
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compare the grey card cost to the cost of a handheld meter.....
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 06/06/2008 - 23:30
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compare the grey card cost to the cost of a handheld meter.....
Or......., A Gretag MacBeth Color Checker compare the grey card cost to the cost of a handheld meter.....
Martin.
Posted 07/06/2008 - 00:27
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You can go on the Pantone company website and download a color swatch, then print the color swatch on your printer to get your grey (gray for the Americans) card very cheap.
Posted 07/06/2008 - 00:31
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...as long as your printer is very well calibrated. You could of course then just use any grey image produced in photoshop...
Dan
Dan
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Posted 07/06/2008 - 11:30
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I've got a grey card that was given away on the cover of "Camera" magazine (anyone remember that?) sometime in the early 80's - it's found its way into every camera bag I've carried since and I still find it useful today. I keep it slipped inside a plastic cover to stop it getting scratched or damaged when not in use. Best magazine freebie ever!
Joining the Q
Posted 07/06/2008 - 13:15
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didn't pentax used to sell a microfiber cleaning cloth that was a near perfect shade of grey?
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 07/06/2008 - 14:24
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I bought a Kodak (remember them) Gray Card (note US spelling) some 30 years ago and still using it today. Its 8" x 10" size, Grey side reflects 18% of the light falling on it (described as middle grey or Zone V).
The reverse side is White which reflects in Kodak's words "about 90%".
It was priced then as $6.50, a small fortune thirty years ago, but over the years it works out as less than 22 cents a year!
Me too, and that, in real terms, is an awful lot more than £11.99 for the digigrey thing
I bought a Kodak (remember them) Gray Card (note US spelling) some 30 years ago and still using it today. Its 8" x 10" size, Grey side reflects 18% of the light falling on it (described as middle grey or Zone V).
The reverse side is White which reflects in Kodak's words "about 90%".
It was priced then as $6.50, a small fortune thirty years ago, but over the years it works out as less than 22 cents a year!
Ken
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“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 07/06/2008 - 23:25
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Guess it must be a North of the Border thing, to buy "The Real MacKay"
kerrowdown wrote:
I bought a Kodak (remember them) Gray Card (note US spelling) some 30 years ago and still using it today. Its 8" x 10" size, Grey side reflects 18% of the light falling on it (described as middle grey or Zone V).
The reverse side is White which reflects in Kodak's words "about 90%".
It was priced then as $6.50, a small fortune thirty years ago, but over the years it works out as less than 22 cents a year!
Me too, and that, in real terms, is an awful lot more than £11.99 for the digigrey thingI bought a Kodak (remember them) Gray Card (note US spelling) some 30 years ago and still using it today. Its 8" x 10" size, Grey side reflects 18% of the light falling on it (described as middle grey or Zone V).
The reverse side is White which reflects in Kodak's words "about 90%".
It was priced then as $6.50, a small fortune thirty years ago, but over the years it works out as less than 22 cents a year!
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However, an 18% grey card is a very specific thing and a proper professional tool will cost money. If you need the real thing then there's a price that you will be willing and happy to pay.