deirdre
Well-known
He's submitted a fix (presuming you're talking about Pocket Light Meter). Any day now.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
How do you mean "one aperture" I assume that I can choose the f stop I want to measure the required exposure time for right?
If the required shutter speed doesn't work out I can readjust or remeasure
But that would require adjusting or changing a setting on your meter.
You said the reason you want this is so you don't have to do that...
Chris
cqing
Member
My apology for bringing back this old thread. Is there any analog light meter with aperture priority function? Usually for an analog light meter, firstly you need to take the measurement, you need to align another needle to the measurement and then read the correct exposure. What I want is: I set the aperture and take the measurement, then I can directly read the correct shutter speed. Any suggestion? You help is appreciated!
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Analogue meters have a pointer that gives you a number you transfer to a rotating calculator dial. This dial reads off every aperture and shutter speed combination that will give correct exposure, so you just look on the dial for the aperture you want, and the correct shutter speed will be next to it!
An alternative is a digital meter. Most of them have an aperture priority mode where you set the aperture you want and it'll read the correct shutter speed when you take a measurement.
cqing
Member
Yup, but translating the reading number to the aperture and shutter speed requires another operation. I want to preset the aperture, so when I take the measurement, I can directly read the correct shutter speed. Digital light meter surely can do this, I'm trying to know whether there is an analogue alternative.
Sumarongi
Registered Vaudevillain
Match-needle exposure meters that provide (also) some sort of aperture priority did exist since say mid-1950s, e.g. made by Gossen for several Kodak Retina models, but they were *built-in*.
I doubt that there were ever *handheld* meters made having all the specifications you are asking for.
Paul T.
Veteran
How do you mean "one aperture" I assume that I can choose the f stop I want to measure the required exposure time for right?
If the required shutter speed doesn't work out I can readjust or remeasure
I have tried a bunch of meters and my favourite is the Sekonic 208: it's small, durable and incredibly user friendly - as it has a needle readout it seems faster/more intuitive than a digital, and you can use it in incident mode too. Finding the exposure at a given f/stop is instantaneous.
If you're stuck on digital go for the Gossen, but the Sekonic is faster in use I reckon.
The Gossen is slightly better for low-light readings - but the Sekonic goes down to 1/15 and f/1.4 or thereabouts which is about as long an exposure as I can hand-hold, and its ergonomics and durability put it ahead for me. Batteries seem to last for ever, and the dials etc don't get knocked out of place if it's jogging around in your pocket.
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Godfrey
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Both my Sekonic L-258 and L-478 have aperture priority mode. The L-258 is a bit bulky but is my favorite.
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