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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 126252" data-attributes="member: 13196">I have a question for those who are suggesting an 18% gray card and/or a handheld light meter. I know using either of these will render the whites 'white' and the blacks 'black'. But in the OP's post, he says: Sunshine WB setting is great when the sun is out. Cloudy WB setting creates&nbsp; colours that are too vivid when the sun appears. Auto WB just seems too washed&nbsp; out. So my question is this: how does a gray card/light meter affect the shading of colors when his WB setting is for sunshine but the sun goes behind clouds and changes things? Personally I prefer the golden color shift of using the cloudy WB outside on sunny days, but when the subject involves people, I have to switch my Picture Control settings from Vivid to Standard so the facial coloring isn't too overdone. Using a light meter/gray card will render whites/blacks correctly, but the various WB styles will still shift the colors, yes? Or are you suggesting he use a light meter/gray card in addition to shooting RAW? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 126252, member: 13196"] I have a question for those who are suggesting an 18% gray card and/or a handheld light meter. I know using either of these will render the whites 'white' and the blacks 'black'. But in the OP's post, he says: [I]Sunshine WB setting is great when the sun is out. Cloudy WB setting creates colours that are too vivid when the sun appears. Auto WB just seems too washed out.[/I] So my question is this: how does a gray card/light meter affect the [I]shading of colors[/I] when his WB setting is for sunshine but the sun goes behind clouds and changes things? Personally I prefer the golden color shift of using the cloudy WB outside on sunny days, but when the subject involves people, I have to switch my Picture Control settings from Vivid to Standard so the facial coloring isn't too overdone. Using a light meter/gray card will render whites/blacks correctly, but the various WB styles will still shift the colors, yes? Or are you suggesting he use a light meter/gray card in addition to shooting RAW? :confused: [/QUOTE]

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