18% grey hat?

EASmithV · Jun 2, 2009

I saw someone with one of these and I want one, but after vigorous googling I am still left with no result. Anyone know where I can get one?

phaedrus · Jun 2, 2009

I have one and ordered it from Kodak's website. It was an article in their Rochester House's museum shop. Don't know if it's still available, though.

bdial · Jun 2, 2009

No more hats, apparently, but you can get a t-shirt; Dead Link Removed

Kimberly Anderson · Jun 2, 2009

I have one of those hats. I wear it all the time.

dpurdy · Jun 2, 2009

Neither that hat or Tshirt is going to be 18% grey after the first wash or walk in the sun. If I wore that shirt saying 18% grey on the front, people would think it was a very old shirt because I am more like 90% grey.

Kimberly Anderson · Jun 2, 2009

I don't think that's the point...

Sirius Glass · Jun 2, 2009

So we are talking about a hat that is the color the sky in Rochester New York?

Steve

PKM-25 · Jun 3, 2009

I had 80 t-shirts made for the Kodachrome Project, they were 18% grey.
Even though folks liked them, the next batch might be a nice sand color.

Ian Grant · Jun 3, 2009

The 18% grey of the back of my hand served very well until I moved to Turkey Now it varies between 18% in the early Spring to 25-30% by the next week or so it's no longer accurate enough

I like the hat idea as I usually have to wear one.

Ian

Pete H · Jun 3, 2009

These days my hair must be about 18% grey. Metering off your own head is tricky though. The hat is a better idea.

Pete

Kimberly Anderson · Jun 3, 2009

PKM-25 said:
I had 80 t-shirts made for the Kodachrome Project, they were 18% grey.
Even though folks liked them, the next batch might be a nice sand color.

Cool project. I linked to it on my student's blog so they can read about it. I'll have to make a slide show and show it on an actual slide projector for them next year of real Kodachrome images.

2F/2F · Jun 3, 2009

I am quickly nearing the 18% grey club as well...Probably about 5% now, but it's moving fast!

jaimeb82 · Jun 3, 2009

dpurdy said:
Neither that hat or Tshirt is going to be 18% grey after the first wash or walk in the sun. If I wore that shirt saying 18% grey on the front, people would think it was a very old shirt because I am more like 90% grey.

Don't wash the hat and take readings of the inside of the hat where sun does not shine.

Fred De Van · Jun 4, 2009

My day would be complete if I had an 18% grey hat or shirt in bright yellow.

Size x-large for the shirt.

All light meters should be of the incident persuasion.

phaedrus · Jun 4, 2009

Fred De Van said:
All light meters should be of the incident persuasion.

And bid a good bye to the Zone System?
All right, I like my incident meter( Sekonic L398), too. But I'm having trouble metering backlit situations. How do you do that? Ignore the backlighting, measure the orthograde light and expose 2 EV less?

PKM-25 · Jun 5, 2009

jaimeb82 said:
Don't wash the hat and take readings of the inside of the hat where sun does not shine.

Did you just tell him to stick his meter where the sun doesn't shine...

Sirius Glass · Jun 5, 2009

PKM-25 said:
Did you just tell him to stick his meter where the sun doesn't shine...

In the shade? That way he can use it for Zone System measurement!

Steve

PKM-25 · Jun 19, 2009

I was just at the Eastman House, they have the hats and the shirts, I got two of each: FYI.

sdivot · Jun 19, 2009

Yeah,
I have one of these hats. I got it from the George Eastman House.
It always gets commented on. Rather than try to explain, I just say my hair is 18% grey. This is about right, I suspect.
When I had my lung transplant, my poker buddies had a benefit for me. In the Evite, I was referred to as "Mister 18% Grey", for those who were not regular enough players to know my name.
Steve
www.scdowellphoto.com

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