At 01:10 2/27/00 , Roger Skully wrote:
>bracket if you're not sure. Pick a meter that is small and not overly
>complicated. That way you will carry it always, and use it a lot...and it
>will teach you about light. My colleagues who own those big expensive meters
>rarely have them with them because they are too cumbersome. Pick something
>small and convenient. The new digitals from Seconic and Luna Pro that are
>small seem like the ticket for me. I'd rather carry an extra lens than have
>to sacrifice because of the size of the meter. Yes, I have owned one of those
I have a small padded pouch with belt loops for a meter so it doesn't
consume space in the bag.
Forgot in my original posting about the lightest, smallest, and cheapest
light meter I have are the pair of exposure wheels in the Kodak Master
Photoguide (now called Pocket Photoguide). In *really* low light, below
that of any light meter capability, the available light wheel has been a
salvation. And if I drop it accidentally, it doesn't hurt it in the least
(as long as I can retrieve it)!
BTW, the Gossen -4 EV @ ISO 100 is 32 seconds @ f/1.4, which gets into
reciprocity failure for nearly all films. Meter EV, shutter and aperture
scales are much wider to encompass very slow and very fast film speeds.
-- John
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