Handheld Light Meter BASICS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2019
- Getting a perfect exposure is really important when shooting film and there are many tools out there that can help you out, including handheld light meters! Let's look at a Sekonic Studio Deluxe III and a Soligor Spot Sensor to understand the basics of handheld light meters and how to simply read and use them to get great exposures!
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Great information! My sad story is that about 25 years ago I found a Sekonic light meter hanging on a low branch of a tree in a local cemetery. There was a name on it and I tried to find the owner but had no luck so I kept it. I used it only occasionally over the years especially when I suspected my camera wasn't metering correctly but it always proved the camera was metering correctly. In the end, I decided that I just didn't need the light meter and I sold it on Ebay. One year later, COVID19 happens and in my lockdown time, I start watching your videos and videos of other film photographers. I got inspired and bought 2 vintage film cameras....wish I had the light meter now. Oh well, I'm using a phone light meter app or just sunny 16.
Love seeing all of this grow :)
marvelous sir, there's no other video which compares to this kind of lucid information ..
And your method of explanation is quite fluid and hits home clearly..
Thank u so much
Great stuff, you randomly appeared in my TH-cam recommendations a few weeks back and I've loved the content so far, keep it up!
Thank you so much Noah! Basically I'm a fan of your channel, I've seen almost all the videos... and just when I was doing a general search, this super helpful video of yours pops up. Bro, again, ty so much, super proud of being early in your channel subscribers count.
Good descriptions and good advice. Good tactics for understanding your exposure. I used the L-398 for years. To me, the idea was to better understand the light falling on the subject. Of course, it depends. Sometimes, it didn't matter. But it was nice to have a choice.
Loved how you described what a light meter does and how you made less scary to learn for beginners.
Thank you for your videos brother, keep them coming,
Nice. I have (and regularly use) one of those Sekonic meters. Would like to get a spot meter someday.
Just found you while trying to figure out how to use my camera before an anniversary trip and you’re pretty great!
Great Channel! Learnt loads! Now practice with my Canon AZ 814!
I have a collection of antique analog light meters. My favorites being the Sekonic and Gossen Luma Pros. I eventually sold the Luma Pros but still have the Sekonics. One thing about older light meters is some use obsolete batteries like the Mallory PX13 which was a mercury cell (toxic). They do have modern batteries to replace the obsolete ones.
Herb Montes. You believe Mercury batteries were not modern? There are no batteries to replace the Mercury ones for the excellent Gossen meters, except Weincell but this is soon depleted. The Seconic L-398 works without batteries.
A very useful for me. I've got a Gossen Lunalite and i'm trying to learn how to get good expositions 😁
Thanks it was great.
ThanK you so much for thIs. :-) :-) :-). Subscribed!
I had to come back and review this again 000000 thank you
Nice video. Can you make one video when you use the soligor spot meter
Contrary to the voice over, reflected light meter readings are best taken close to the subject if you are trying to measure contrast or using the Zone system. A general reading at the camera position will be just that, and no different to the build in meter reading. The incidence reads the light falling on the scene and and therefore does not care about the subject. It will generally give the best exposure reading as it does not suffer from subject failure. Take the meter reading with the sphere at the subject position pointing at the camera. Spot meters are very fashionable now as is the zone system. There is some point in using a spot meter in high contrast situations but generally, the incident reading will be the best exposure. Only when elements of the scene fall outside the exposure latitude of the film will you get a better result using a spot meter. It is only a better exposure as it helps you choose which end of the spectrum you wish to retain detail and which end you will sacrifice. For information purposes, I have a spot meter and a number of conventional meters. But if I was to state my preferred light meter, it would be a Gossen Profisix, metering in incident mode.
You forgot to set the red arrow at the Seconic l 398 a. It is inportant to get the right measurement. Best regards and thank you for the video.
Maybe one day....you will have a show about B&W dark room work.
Is there a simple light meter any beginner can use with a Super 8 camera that has a nonfunctional meter? I just want to know if I push the trigger on my Super 8 camera, I'm not going to waste a shot.
I bought a Gossen Lunasix last month at the thrift store for $24.99, can’t wait to use it someday with my future Mamiya camera
@@randallstewart175 I've since sold it at a camera show. But I plan to get another one again.
A word of warning......if you're thinking of buying a hand-held light meter DON'T buy a selenium-cell type (like the Weston Master series) without testing it first. These do not use a battery and they always degrade over time. Most of them date from the 1960s / 1970s and its very rare to find one which is still in good working condition. The better option is to buy a CDS or SPD type (CaDmium Sulphide / Silicon Photo Diode) which uses batteries and as long as your battery is good they will last and stay accurate for many years.
Hay is the Kodak pageant good? I see that you have one in The background, I was just curious because I am looking at one on eBay for my first 16mm projector.
The Pageant models are really nice and there are quite a few of them out there as well! I would recommend looking for one as they are really nice projectors
Thanks
I used to service Pageants when I worked at a university film library. Like them so much I owned a few of my own.
In your experience how accurate are the phone app light meters?
What if I’m using a Aperture priority camera like the Yashica electro 35 . Would there even be a point for a light meter
When using aperture priority mode the internal light meter built into the camera automatically sets the aperture of your lens. This means you wouldn't need to use hand held light meter.
This is going to be very random and very niche, but you remind me of Phil Kmetz from Skills With Phil here on TH-cam, but photography instead of mountain biking.
I have this Bower “NE-3” meter and I absolutely cannot find any information on how to use it beyond a couple expired eBay listings. This is what I get for being cheap.
The SOLIGOR ( that s a german family name ) and the ASAHI PETAX....spot ( both are reflective ) hand held meters have a 100m.m. focal length. By using a white styrofome coffee cup over the lens, you now have an INDECENT METER.
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You did .....NOT ....tell every one, that ....ALL EXPOSURE METERS.......read to 18% grey ( skin) tones. Try this for learning about photography.....with an S.L.R. DIGITAL camera. By using the hand held meter ( turn off camera meter ) you slow down your shoot, think more about exposures, ands save shutter counting......as digital shutters DO wear away after toooooooooooooooooo much usage.
A little bit of knowledge is a very dangerous thing, especially when trying to teach. It is absolutely imperative that you understand the science of light measurement in order to use a light meter, as without it everything you’ve said is pointless. Read a book.
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