I have a set of these that I bought years ago:

http://www.amazon.com/KODAK-Gray-Cards/dp/0879857544

Although I'm damned certain I didn't spend close to $60 for them.

At any rate, I keep the two large 8x10 cards in my big ol' Stealth Reporter bag, and have the smaller 4x5 card in my go-everywhere Tamrac sling bag.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I use them almost never.

Have you ever used grey cards? Are they more trouble than they're worth nowadays, what with shooting RAW and/or checking histograms on-the-spot?


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i can't offer much besides...i don't use them, never have and probably never will.

I've considered it. I'd like to get the white balance right in the field... that'd be one less variable. I know I can set it to whatever I want in the RAW conversion but that always brings in some subtle changes the exposure when it comes to saturation of various colors.

I carry whi-bal cards in my bag. A big gray card is easy to damage and obviously big and a pain to carry. If I remember to use the Whi-Bal I can fix the white balance in RAW conversion.

Originally Posted by emorphien

I carry whi-bal cards in my bag. A big gray card is easy to damage and obviously big and a pain to carry. If I remember to use the Whi-Bal I can fix the white balance in RAW conversion.

That's the advantage to the set I got -- that 4x5 card is small enough to fit into a pocket that's never disturbed/folded over.

And yes, the key thing to having any such card (grey, white-balance, or otherwise) is remembering to use them.


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I have the small whibal

I got a $5 grey card for the hell of it when I ordered my lenses/tripod from B&H, though I've yet to use it

I use a white sheet of paper. Folds up super nice, when it gets dirty the printer had hundreds more on my desk waiting for me....

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

I use a white sheet of paper. Folds up super nice, when it gets dirty the printer had hundreds more on my desk waiting for me....

Don't you have a Stealth Reporter 650AW?

The inside lining is (intentionally) 18% grey.


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