LOL!!!
Craig (Albany)
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From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:17 PM
Subject: [OM] Kodak Gray Card
> I was amused by the post from another list:
>
> >
> > The original 18 0ray card came from Kodak. Legend has it that
> > when they were developing the first "electric eye" camera (i.e, built
> > -in exposure meter), they put a bunch of well exposed and printed
> > pictures into a shredder to determine the "average" tonality.
> > Anyone who has spent time in Rochester, where proximity to the Great
> > Lakes reduces the number of sunny days drastically, will recognize
> > that 18 0ray accurately represents how Rochester both looks and feels.
> >
> > The other side of the gray card is white, because that is how
> > Rochester looks the other six months of the year.
>
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