Hi Stylianos,
I was not the one asking for a light meter :) I have one, and do not
go to situations where I go beyond its capacity. I believe it was
Regan Conley (or Conley Regan -- which is it?) who is in need for a
device to determine how illuminated he is :)
Regards,
--thomas
On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 00:50:51 +0300
Stylianos Georgakis <stelge@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> You wrote: What I would need is an external light meter. Would
> anyone care to make recommendations about reliable hand held light
> meters which will not cost me one of the arms I need to hold the
> camera? The one you already own is very accurate in ordinary light
> conditions but a little fuzzy below EV 0. Therefore I suggest to
> have Gossen's Luna Pro sbc in mind. It costs around 80$ (used in EX
> condition) and is accurate as low as EV -6.
>
> Regards,
> Stylianos Georgakis
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Heide Clausen" <omlist@xxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Pushing Film and an Intro
>
>
> > On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:20:28 -0500 (GMT)
> > reganconley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Hello - I'm new to this list, so I feel that I should start by
> > > saying that I prefer Dunkin' Donuts to Krispy Kreme, do not
> > > drive an SUV or own an elephant, know virtually nothing about
> > > Colorado, do not care one way or the other about the sexual
> > > preferences of my clergy or my cameras, and love (well made)
> > > bagels.
> >
> > Welcome. Sounds like you're fitting right in. Ohh, and please do
> > NOT elaborate on the "sexual preferences of my....cameras" part,
> > I am not sure I am ready for that :)
> >
> > >
> > > I do own an OM-G (I believe this is an OM-20 outside of the
> > > US). Its the only camera I own and the only proper camera I've
> > > ever owned (Instamatics do not count). Although I've been
> > > taking pictures for years, I've never done much to technically
> > > stretch myself. So while the old girl is in the shop for a
> > > much needed overhaul, I've been doing a lot of reading about
> > > night and low-light photography. Which brings me to my novice
> > > question about pushing film. The ASA setting on my camera only
> > > goes up to 1600. Am I correct that this is irrelevant to taking
> > > pictures or exposing film? That this setting on the camera
> > > only exists to send information to the light meter? So I could
> > > quite conceivably use 1600 film and push it to 3200 and where
> > > the ASA dial is set doesn't matter?
> >
> > The ISO setting (that's what ASA is called outside the US....you
> > started it *gg*) only matters to the light meter and the auto
> > mode(of course). If you use neither, then the setting means squad
> > :)
> >
> > >
> > > What I would need is an external light meter. Would anyone
> > > care to make recommendations about reliable hand held light
> > > meters which will not cost me one of the arms I need to hold
> > > the camera?
> >
> > Uhh...I have a Sekonic 308bII (I think...it's a Sekonic 308, the
> > "bII" may or may not be correct).
> >
> > I picked thatone since (i) it's small, (ii) it does not need a
> > 500 pages manual to use, (iii) it's small, (iv) it has
> > flash-meter, which has come handy exactly twice, (v) it's small,
> > (vi) it has a simple, reasable display.
> >
> > ...did I mention that it is nice and small? :)
> >
> > At any rate, welcome to the list. Glad to have you on board.
> >
> > --thomas
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