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tikkathree
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 Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:17 am Post subject: Right, light meters: where to start? |
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tikkathree wrote:
So an hour of fiddling about with Android app beecam light meter and Canon 5DII DSLR established there to be no significant relationship 'twixt the results of the beecam app and what the clever camera tells me.
1. This probably confirms the advice at the app developer's website that it doesn't really work on the HTC Desire HD.
2. I have two films in for developing where I used the output of this app to guide my settings, one being my first ever 120 film. Oh Lor - that's quite probably a great waste of money! 
So, I need to consider a dedicated light meter for those non DSLR moments. Trouble is, there seem to be more light meters than cameras!!
Where do I start then? I need something that's not hugely cumbersome, I need something which will give me the correct metering for a scene, so suitable for landscape use.
Or doe I simply use my eyes and my brain and assess the situation before me and use the old grey matter?
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:33 am Post subject: |
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ludoo wrote:
Look for a Quantum calculight, they are US made, smallish, very precise and rugged. And the calculight XP is porbably the best low light meter ever made. They are not that common, but with some patience you can find one for ~30$ on ebay.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Right, light meters: where to start? |
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Scheimpflug wrote:
| tikkathree wrote: |
| 2. I have two films in for developing where I used the output of this app to guide my settings, one being my first ever 120 film. Oh Lor - that's quite probably a great waste of money! |
You might be surprised... I have pulled usable results out of some disastrously terrible exposures with film. 
| tikkathree wrote: |
| Or doe I simply use my eyes and my brain and assess the situation before me and use the old grey matter? |
You can certainly use your eyes and brain to get close. There's always the Sunny 16 rule... but beyond that, you might find this an interesting read:
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
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tikkathree
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Right, light meters: where to start? |
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tikkathree wrote:
| Scheimpflug wrote: |
| tikkathree wrote: |
| 2. I have two films in for developing where I used the output of this app to guide my settings, one being my first ever 120 film. Oh Lor - that's quite probably a great waste of money! |
You might be surprised... I have pulled usable results out of some disastrously terrible exposures with film.
| tikkathree wrote: |
| Or doe I simply use my eyes and my brain and assess the situation before me and use the old grey matter? |
You can certainly use your eyes and brain to get close. There's always the Sunny 16 rule... but beyond that, you might find this an interesting read:
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm |
Thanks for the link - I'm giving it a read.
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EOS 5DII, loadsalenses
Canon G9 IR conv,
MF: TLR, 645 and folders
35mm: Oly OM Pro bodies 1, 2, 3 and 4; Soviet RF kit |
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