On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Inkjet inks printing gray or black do not necessarily provide a > particularly good reflecting surface. They usually reflect more in one > color or another, even though they look gray to your eye.
Do the prints from the noritsu at costco count as inkjet? I don't know their technology. > > I use one of these: > Photovision 14" Pocket One Shot Digital Target > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/429982-REG/Photovision_DT14010_14_Pocket_One_Shot.html > > It does an excellent job. Fill the frame with the three bands and you > get a dark point, white point, gray point indicator. Put it in the > scene for a gray/white balance reference. Flip it around and use it as > a small reflecting diffuser too. Folds up and fits in a jacket pocket. Looks handy. > $40. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've shopped around for various grey cards, reference cards etc. While not >> obscenely expensive, they aren't cheap either. One idea that I've had is >> either very clever, completely stupid, or both. >> >> I have the color profile for the printer at my local costco. In theory I >> could create a file completely digitally with various shades of neutral >> grey, as well as a palette of reference colors, and have costco print up 4x6 >> prints of it for $0.13 each, or $1.50 for an 8x12. Even if they aren't >> perfectly dead-nuts on, they'll likely get me a lot closer than not using >> any sort of greycard or color reference, and at that price I can afford to >> print up a dozen to stick one in every camera bag I own. >> >> Likewise, something similar that was business card sized would easily fit in >> my wallet. >> >> Is there a reason, that I'm missing, that this idea is guaranteed to be a >> steaming pile of fail? >> >> If not, is there such a file that already exists? Maybe even one with a >> focusing/resolution target, and something approximating a distance scale? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
