18% grey and exposure (link to FREE grey card)

[wheatgrinder]

Hi all, I just hit this tut on youtube about exposure and 18% grey cards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rig2WNo0ttw


There was a link that lead to a free grey\white\black cards.. I placed my order.. $0 free shipping..
http://www.knick-knack.com/howto/camera/cheap-color-balance-card.html

free is always good..

 

[Dreadylocks]

Thanks for sharing!

Free is always better. Little things like those cards really add up.

 

[knightly]

Mine are on the way I've been looking for a nice 18% for a while. The thing about these is that they aren't necessarily calibrated to perfect 18% across all light frequencies... but it'll probably do a better job than a piece of notebook paper

 

[wheatgrinder]

I guess you can order up to 3 samples? Also, did you note the size? I picked 8x10, figuring I could cut it down if I wanted something smaller..

 

[knightly]

Dangit, didn't see that option Wonder what I ordered?

 

[knightly]

darnit, 2"x3" That should be ok though, I'll attach them all to a single card then and make a color correction reference card for post work as well

 

[wheatgrinder]

mine came today. cool deal

 

[Ernest Worthing]

thanks for the links! anyone tried ordering more than 3? i just added 4 to the cart and the price is still zero...

EDIT: i ordered 10 and it went thru fine. just waiting on them to arrive now.

 

[wheatgrinder]

the "three" limit came from other posts.. so I can not vouch for the veracity of those claims..

 

[wheatgrinder]

I used my 18% for the first time.. wow. I now understand one bit more about exposure..

 

[Graeme]

Nice, I order a few as well.

 

[wheatgrinder]

all noobs should try this...

Set my cam to auto exposure.. filled the frame with the "grey" and noticed how "grey" it was.

Did the same thing looking at the white card.. funny, it turned grey too! This shows a lot more about exposure than anything I read.