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2007-03-19, 08:19

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Originally Posted by trevo View Post
Hi chucker, most cameras these days have manual presets for white balance.
I'm aware

I'm more asking how commonly today's consumer cameras have the ability to select a specific point in an image for white balance calibration.

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A grey card is used to get the correct exposure. Not used for white balance.
From what I read, with digital photography, grey card are frequently used for both exposure and white balance.

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Hope the layman terms were okay
I think "that button that takes the photo" was pushing it. In any case, your knowledge seems focused on analog photography, which is of little concern to me. I appreciate the explanations, but as some quick queries on the web will confirm to you, grey cards are indeed frequently used these days for white balance.
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