Grey scale

Just wondering who uses grey scale cards to adjust white balance?
I don't hear much about these, I guess with RAW files now a days we don't really need em.

I think everyone should have one and not necessarily for white balance. Use it to meter on for perfect exposure. Just set the card where the subject is going to be and spot meter on it. Using manual exposure of course. If you do this correct then your exposure should be perfect. Well, at least a really good starting point.
When I owned a photo lab I would always shoot the grey card at the beginning of a roll of important film. Then process it and then I would set up a channel on my printer based on the grey card. I would get the most beautiful photos on those rolls. They were always perfect.

I don't...As you said easy to fix raw files if need be...

Ah yes, for exposure.

I did that the other day, to get the proper exposure for a snow shot. Worked well.

keep the highlight warning on,, and just make sure you are not clipping your photos and exceeding your sensor range.

My goal when shooting something important and I have the time for setup is to get the best shot as possible. Exposure, cropping should be close to perfect in the camera. I should have little work to do in post processing. Shoot in raw to handle the little details. Grey card should be good for the start and bracket.

I no longer use a grey card. Now I use an Expo disc for both photography and video.

Moab Man said:

I no longer use a grey card. Now I use an Expo disc for both photography and video.

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Had not seen that before. It is just for white balance or will it do exposure also?

Never heard of "expo disc" could someone pls explain??

Sounds interesting.

Used for white balance. Doesn't get any easier. Nothing is perfect but it is consistently good and fast. Here is there site.

ExpoImaging - ExpoDisc White Balance

They offer two. One for neutral white balance and the other for warm skin tones.

Demo how to videos.

ExpoImaging - ExpoDisc Video Lessons.

That's cool, protects your lens too.

I like it

Moab Man said:

Demo how to videos.

ExpoImaging - ExpoDisc Video Lessons.

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Thanks for the link. It took me a while to find this on my own, and then took me a while to find one that actually demo'd the product. Pretty annoying to have to dig that far just to find out how to use something, even if it is effective.