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Question for the digi photo buffs:-
Being an ex 35 mm man, I have amongst my old stuff, a Wesson Master V light meter, can I assume (havnt tried it yet), if I know what ASA my digi camera is set on, I can use it in the manual mode, and apply apature and shutter speeds direct from my light meter?
I know that if you manually set the shutter speed, it will show the corresponding apature, and visa versa, but I just thought with the light meter, I would have all the permutations at a glance.
Thank you.
Being an ex 35 mm man, I have amongst my old stuff, a Wesson Master V light meter, can I assume (havnt tried it yet), if I know what ASA my digi camera is set on, I can use it in the manual mode, and apply apature and shutter speeds direct from my light meter?
I know that if you manually set the shutter speed, it will show the corresponding apature, and visa versa, but I just thought with the light meter, I would have all the permutations at a glance.
Thank you.
Bacardi said:
You an measure incidence with that weapon too, can't you?
You can as long as you have the Invacone attachment, seen here.
(fits on the back)
poah said:
with digital I would only use it for flash work.
Not with the Master V, it doesn't measure flash.
I'd not use the master V then lol
Yep, got the white thingy with it, had it for perhaps 30 years now, one of these things that I picked up, and in all honesty used perhaps once or twice, but now I have more time on my hands, getting back into it.
Incidently, I notice on a few sites here, the message ends with lol
Whats that then?, probably obvious when you know?
Incidently, I notice on a few sites here, the message ends with lol
Whats that then?, probably obvious when you know?
cirks said:
Ok smartass
You leave my donkey out of this!
Anyway, do you see what I mean? You use a handheld to be accurate and take control in "more difficult" situations, these days. There's still a place for them - even if a camera is built with clever multi-metering patterns, you can still take charge and regain control over what is exposed, to what level.
Can be vital for film applications. Still important in digital, because of the limited "dynamic range" (i.e. the difference between darkest and lightest bits of the image) of even the best digital sensors.
Alternatives include:
Guessing
or
Bracketing
cirks said:
Having never used a light meter (despite inheriting a very old one) what is the major benefit over and above the more modern camera sensors etc? Are they still applicable with Digital cf Film?
Techie answers on a postcard please......Any other answers here
The big advantage I can see is that whilst your camera on auto will only show the chosen setting, ie apature and corresponding shutter speed, the light meter once set up for the light conditions, will show at a glance all the other various combinations available, without you having to fiddle with the camera.
If your camera chose for example f1.4 @ 1/1000
you could glance at the light meter settings and see straight away the other combinations available, ie
f1.4 @ 1/1000
f2.8 @ 1/500
f8 @ 1/250
f11 @ 1/125
(Apologies if I have missed an f stop out, I am currently offshore and am doing this from memory)
So if you decide you needed f11 for the depth of field, then you could manually just set up f11 @ 1/125
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