Chris,
Thank you for your comment. Upon studying your comment, I'll keep my L-608
and save 450 bucks :p
Cheers,
Michael
On 13 April 2015 at 12:52, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I have a Sekonic L-758DR. If you¹re shooting black and white film, and not
> digital, I would stick to the L-608.
>
> The 758 is not a zone system meter. The exposure range settings are design
> to tell you the clipping points for a digital camera. For that, you buy
> Sekonic¹s extremely expensive exposure test target (which I have), and you
> photograph it at different settings and import the photos of the target
> into Sekonic¹s software, and it calculates your camera¹s dynamic range.
> You then transfer this Œprofile¹ to the meter from your computer with a
> USB cord. The meter then shows you an exposure scale with the 0 being the
> mid tone, then on the plus and minus side it shows both the absolute
> clipping point and well as the point where detail isn¹t resolved, but tone
> is.
>
> Its made to use the spot meter in conjunction with the incident meter. You
> make an incident reading, then hit the MIDTONE button. This saves the
> incident reading and sets it as the midpoint on the exposure scale. You
> then go to the spot meter and point it at different things in the scene.
> The exposure scale on the meter will show you where the things you meter
> fit on the exposure scale and alert you if anything falls outside the
> detail point and the clipping point. If a highlight falls outside the
> range (overexposed), you can then chose to reduce exposure to bring that
> tone back in range. Same for a dark toned subject. This sounds cumbersome,
> but in practice it is fast and effective.
>
> You can skip the incident reading and use just the spot meter, which is
> probably what you want since you¹re asking to use the zone system. The
> problem is that shifting a reading up and down the scale to set a reading
> on the right zone is something that requires multiple button pushes and
> turns of the control wheel while holding buttons down. Then, once you¹ve
> done all this, you need to press another couple of buttons to get it to
> display again the final camera exposure settings you need! Not easy.
>
> I use my 758 only for color digital work. Its wonderful for that, and I
> think it has made my exposures more accurate once I profiled my camera at
> the different ISO settings I use.
>
> For BW Zone System, its a pain. I just use my Pentax Zone VI modified
> meter for that. Its a lot faster and easier. For you, already having the
> L-608 and calculating in your head, that is still faster and easier than
> using the 758.
>
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> On 4/12/15, 11:12 AM, "Michael Wong" <mialop.wong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I'm using L-608 and meter different areas for Zone System but have to
> >calculate myself. The L-758D seems just calculate the zone range for you.
> >
> >Of course I won't go to take one when my L-608 is still health.
> >
> >
> >Cheers
> >Michael
> >
> >On Sunday, 12 April 2015, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> > Anyone here take it? Any comment? Does the function useful?
> >> > http://alexbond.com.au/sekonic-l758d-and-the-zone-system/
> >>
> >> I'm using the L-508, which is a little more rudimentary than the
> >> L-758D. The additional capabilities of the L-758D make it very good
> >> for the Zone System. I consider it "highly recommended". What most
> >> people don't realize is that digital photography is able to benefit
> >> from the Zone System too.
> >>
> >> The multi-spot metering system in the OM-3 and OM-4 series cameras is
> >> even better, but is limited by the metering area not being small
> >> enough. I have the technique shown here on this page of my OM-3Ti
> >> review.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=374&Ite
> >>mid=1&limit=1&limitstart=2
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
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> >> http://www.zone-10.com
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