Digital photography and Color meters

I would like to hear from you the effectiveness of color meters for Digital

photography. Do you use it, or are you using some Macbeth chart, or perhaps

doing a white-balance based on a simple white sheet? Thanks.

Shoot in RAW with a gray card to assess the best setting for WB. After using the gray card to determine the WB for the lighting, I apply that setting to all the rest of the files taken under the same lighting. For the most accurate colorspace, I use AdobeRGB.

I have always used a color meter, but have really not needed it since switching to digital. In

the 'old days', if shooting fashion over a period of 8 or nine hours out doors it was great to

keep the color temperature standard for the whole shoot. Now it is just as easy in PS. The

only time I would consider using it, is in an unusual artificial light setting, where two unusual

light sources may be competing. If for instance you are in a factory, bus station..etc. You

may encounter Mercury and fluorescent light sources on your subject. In this case you could

use the meter to make sure only one light source was lighting your subject, making it a

whole lot easier in PS to correct the color Temperature after.