Yes I (with a much more limited knowledge of colour theory) had the same issue and plan to get in contact with the author to pose the question. I assume ND filters and not perfectly neutral so there would be spectral differences, but I doubt that was the intention of the author. On 21 October 2010 14:05, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The paper can be found here, >> http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.151.6187 >> > > Interesting. What's not explained is why measuring a HDR test chart > gives any better results than creating an RGB to XYZ matrix from > a more limited DR measurement. > >