On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > Neat, but kinda big and, with those sharp corners, hardly pocketable.
Its all fun and games till some one looses and eye. Howe do i get that in my macro shots. Dave > My suspicion is that a decent grey card hits a big 80/20 point... -T > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Brendan MacRae > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This came across my email this morning: >> >> http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-cb-spydercube.php >> >> Pretty ingenious solution. I like the idea of the "black trap." I have a >> Kodak Color Separation and Gray Scale Guide but because it's one >> dimensional, if set at an angle within a scene, absolute black can >> occassionally reflect badly and be useless. This cube seems to solve that >> issue. I also like the fact that it can be mounted to a stand/tripod or just >> hung up or held. >> >> There's a video on this page (shot with the Canon 5D MkII) that explains how >> to set your values in either Lightroom or Camera Raw (this will work in >> Aperture, as well.) >> >> Pretty nifty little device. Of course, it's overpriced, but I suppose >> everyone will have to weigh that against time wasted trying other fixes. >> >> ;-) >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

