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All of the apertures are ⅓ of a stop less than the more usual numbers we've got used to.
Now it would be much more difficult, for me at least, if the shutter speeds were also in the old ratios as well - 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200, etc. Some of the digital Sekonic meters can be set to display ⅓ stop, ½ stop or 1/10 stop - but the display of the "ticks" to indicate fractional stops along the bottom of the screen on the L-758 is very small. Thankfully, the aperture readout in the main part of the screen is much clearer. The Gossen range could be of interest. The Sixtomat uses AA batteries and they last a long time. The Digisix is small and lightweight but uses the slightly more fiddly CR2032 button cells. It has a good clear display. https://gossen-photo.de/en/sixtomat-f2/ https://gossen-photo.de/en/digisix-2/ Nik and Trick stock some of the range. https://ntphotoworks.com/product-cat...-light-meters/ |
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Please excuse my ignorance if "continental f stops" are different to the ones I am used to using in the UK.
Are they just different positions on the same scale normally in use today? I am not sure if you are after something vintage or modern. The meter I am using is a SEKONIC FLASHMATE L-308X. It has three F Stop aperture modes. 1 step. 1/2 step. 1/3 step. The modes are Photo including flash, HD Cine, Cine. I just scrolled through the reading on the meter and they differ slightly form the printout in the picture. On the 1/3 stop range there are four differences. 28 reads 29 35 reads 36 7.0 reads 7.1 12.7 reads 13 The meter itself is only a bit bigger than a packet of twenty cigarettes. A lot lighter than a Weston. I hope this is of some use to you. Cheers. SEKONIC L-308 X.pdf SEKONIC L-308X APERTURES.pdf
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I have just been looking at my old Gossen Sixon meter. it list the apertures as normal and the shutter speeds as 2,5,10 ,25, 50, 100 etc. It also list the film speeds as 12, 25 ,50 ,100 etc.
There is a post here it explains why light meters use batteries or not. For anyone who maybe interested.
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I am happily sorted, as an off-thread conversation with a fellow FADU member led me to the Pocket light meter app that runs on iOS 9.0 or later. I now have it running on a rather cheaply acquired iPhone 5c.
Our conversation did also conclude that the Sekonic L-308S and L-308X and XU will also do the job. My only reason for not going that way (yet) is that the app is more affordable right now. Thank you for all the comments and advice on this thread. |
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An iPhone 5?! Can you still buy film for those?
Seriously, glad you found a solution, and an easy one at that. I'll bet the numbers in that app are bigger than those on the Weston Master V...no reading glasses needed
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