I think this is a misunderstanding (although it may be me that has it
wrong!).

White balance setting has nothing to do with exposure.

What you need is a 'colour neutral' card.  Doesn't matter whether it is
grey or white - as long as it has no colour tint.

The camera then uses this to apply colour correction to the image as
appropriate.

It has nothing to do with exposure, it is not like calibrating the light
meter or anything in this respect.

Therefore lattitude is unaffected.

A grey card might be better on the basis that you could also use it for
metering (on film and digital) but is exactly the same as a white card
with respect to white balance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> I differ slightly in that I use a grey card to set my manual 
> white balance. Something I found that worked better when I 
> first started using the Nikon D1X and D1H.
> 
> I should try a comparison using both techniques.  I know that 
> I have used a white page in the pinch and have been happy 
> with the results.  Though with some thinking on the subject 
> it would make me think that using a grey card would allow 
> some more lattitude in post processing...

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