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Mike, et al:
You have driven me back to my manual, which, I see upon closer inspection, gives me three options for white balance.
First is automatic. It does if for you.
Second is Preset White Balance, which allows me to select daylight, cloudy, tungsten, flourescent, and flash.
Third is Custom White Balance, where the piece of white paper comes in. And, I've had one of those "DUH" moments in thinking about this . . . I suppose they call it "white balance" since they instruct me to use a piece of white paper.
Basically, I select the Custom feature, hold the lens about six inches away from the white paper, which is illuminated by whatever light I intend to use, press a button to let the camera read the light coming from the paper, and after a moment or two, it automatically finishes up, and my white balance is set for that shoot.
As I said, I've been getting better color and general photo quality using this feature. Of course, I use it for inside shooting. Out of doors, I set it on automatic, and seem to get acceptable stuff.
But Mike's mention of the 18% gray card got me to thinking. I'd still like to hear from anyone who can add to this discussion.
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