I have one camera a Canon D10 it likes a gray card but my EOS 1 ds likes a white card Terry L. Mair Mair's Photography 158 So. 580 East Midway' Ut. 84049 435-654-3607 Cell 801-358-5391 www.mairsphotography.com -----Original Message----- From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> Subj: Re: custom white balance Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 8:16 pm Size: 547 bytes To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> lea murphy wrote: > Some camera mfgs say to balance to white, some say gray. > > Does it matter? > > Why or why not? It probably depends on the camera. It's important that no channel be clipped in the image it build the white balance from, and that's probably easier to do on a white card than a gray. Depending on the workflow for custom whitebalance in that camera. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/dd-b Pics: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum, http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
