Gee he just wrote down what a meter does and you can use the meter and not have to memorize or carry around the article in order to take a picture. Also, you can find an old box of 35 mm film and inside it is a a brief set of instructions on how to set up your camera to take a shot at the given ASA or as the newbies call it ISO!
Thanks for the information
ole sarg wrote:
Gee he just wrote down what a meter does and you can use the meter and not have to memorize or carry around the article in order to take a picture. Also, you can find an old box of 35 mm film and inside it is a a brief set of instructions on how to set up your camera to take a shot at the given ASA or as the newbies call it ISO!
Then you don't need the link.
Hell you learned all that stuff with your first roll of kodachrome
ole sarg wrote:
Hell you learned all that stuff with your first roll of kodachrome
I shot a LOT of Kodachrome, and apart from the basics of photography, got my first light meter, a Spectra Combi 2, while in high school. I shot a TV pilot for Johnny Seven (you might recall him as Raymond Burr's police adversary in "Ironsides" ) about a month after high school graduation. You cannot light a movie set without either a meter or a Polaroid back in those days. Using that Spectra, while in college, one of my films was up for the Student Academy Award.
I always say, get a meter and learn how to light.
You know it. The meter is such an interesting device. You can see all the alternatives in one glance. It assists you in making decisions. After you use and learn it and then how to interpret the data it gives you so much more effectively use an in camera meter. Speed, aperture, ISO, become tools not mysteries.
ole sarg wrote:
Hell you learned all that stuff with your first roll of kodachrome
Betcha walked 5 miles to photography school too, both ways uphill!
No. But before light meters were readily available at a reasonable price one looked at the material that came with the film. That material was in essence a manual on how to use the film.
ole sarg wrote:
No. But before light meters were readily available at a reasonable price one looked at the material that came with the film. That material was in essence a manual on how to use the film.
So people could save $10 by visiting the site instead of buying film. A photo and money saver in one!
What I am discussing is before the internet and predates in camera meters and digital. It is how one learned about ASA, shutter speed and aperture. Now instead of even using the site with the table one can use the meter in the camera.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
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