I like my Sekonic L-358 very much except for the fact that the jog wheel
for changing settings seems to turn in the wrong direction. The wheel
changes clockwise in the direction of increasing exposure rather than
increasing shutter speeds or increasing focal ratios or increasing ISO.
Totally non-intuitive. Even though I have owned it for years I
*always* turn the dial the wrong way. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Brian Swale wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It has been a wonderful autumn here, and I have spent nearly three weeks
> photographing golden colours of poplars and willows in rocky terrain, as well
> as late wine grape harvest.
>
> Nothing posted anywhere yet though. Returned home only a couple of days
> ago.
>
> Became thoroughly fed up with the misfit of my large hand and the small
> 510 body; I was always hitting buttons that were in the wrong place by
> design (exactly where my the ball of my thumb lands), and several nice
> shots were screwed up as a result. My favourite photo retailer had
> discounted an E-3 body to USD 1,311, so I hit the BIN button. Delivery was
> yesterday ...
>
> I also discovered (when trying to fix what got screwed up by the landing
> thumb ball) that there seems to be an inherent difference between the 510
> and the E-1 of about one stop.
>
> To satisfy an up-coming Obsession, I managed to land a Sekonic L 408 light
> meter for USD 175, and it seems to do all I need. I discovered that my
> Weston Master III was no longer delivering :-( First battery-powered
> electronic exposure meter I have ever owned. About 20 - 30% the cost of
> the new competition here.
>
> Brian Swale.
> http://www.brianswale.com
>
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