Oh man, I have used the device today that made my shooting with my DSLR so sweet and easy that I can't believe I don't hear more digital shooters clamouring for one. Went to the Festival Sundiata today (African American/African festival) in Seattle. Rented the 70-200mm 2.8 and decided to try out the Minolta Colormeter III. Oh my word, what a wonderful device. I've used dozens of exposure meters (have 2 myself), but this was the first time I've ever used a color meter and I am hooked. Now I have to figure out how the heck I can afford to buy one (they're price, probably 2-3 times more expensive than an exposure meter). Usually, I'm dealing with white cards or relying on the camera to do the white balance (one of the cool things about the EOS 1D and 1DS is that they have an external white balance sensor). That can be a pain the butt. With the color meter, I simply walk up, stick the head into the path of the light that will be going onto my subjects and hit a button. Gives me a readout in color temperature (K) or it will tell me which filter or color correction index I need to use. If I'm going to use flash, I set the meter to Non-Cord, hit the button and place it where the subjects will be, back up, hit my flash and the meter takes into consideration the ambient color temp and the flash color temp, combines them and gives me the proper K for that shooting situation. Oh how sweet. Sorry..had to get that out. Was such a cool device to play with today. :) -=>Donald