Having been to a couple of dozen different school gymnasiums over the past basketball season, I have found a compelling need to be able to read the Kelvin (for lack of a better understanding) scale of the available light source. I went online and purchased a Sekonic L-188 light meter only to be totally confused by its capability in our digital world. With that said, can anyone recommend a "light meter" so I won't have to use the Auto setting for white balance? Cost is a factor so if there are really good ones that cost >$50, I cannot buy one until later this year. Thanks in advance.
Dziadzi wrote:
Having been to a couple of dozen different school gymnasiums over the past basketball season, I have found a compelling need to be able to read the Kelvin (for lack of a better understanding) scale of the available light source. I went online and purchased a Sekonic L-188 light meter only to be totally confused by its capability in our digital world. With that said, can anyone recommend a "light meter" so I won't have to use the Auto setting for white balance? Cost is a factor so if there are really good ones that cost >$50, I cannot buy one until later this year. Thanks in advance.
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You don't need a color temp meter. Just set a custom WB on the camera before you start shooting or if you're shooting raw then just shoot an appropriate WB target to use in PP -- white Styrofoam coffee cup works great.
Joe
Ysarex wrote:
You don't need a color temp meter. Just set a custom WB on the camera before you start shooting or if you're shooting raw then just shoot an appropriate WB target to use in PP -- white Styrofoam coffee cup works great.
Joe
Or test shots.
Since the only time the color temp would change is if there is daylight/not daylight coming through any windows in the gym, once you figure the color temp for a gym, you can note it for next time?
iPhone app POCKET LIGHTMETER does that and much more and it’s free.
drmike99 wrote:
iPhone app POCKET LIGHTMETER does that and much more and it’s free.
Apparently not. It seems to be a light meter only according to the specs.
Joe
drmike99 wrote:
iPhone app POCKET LIGHTMETER does that and much more and it’s free.
GREAT!, but I have Android!
You can get the Sekonic C7000 or the Konica Minolta CL-200A. They are both very expensive and accurate BUT (a big but) you may not get the right color due to your own camera color temp setting isn't very accurate.
Ysarex wrote:
Apparently not. It seems to be a light meter only according to the specs.
Joe
Well you can read the specs but here’s a screenshot showing color balance data.
Dziadzi wrote:
Having been to a couple of dozen different school gymnasiums over the past basketball season, I have found a compelling need to be able to read the Kelvin (for lack of a better understanding) scale of the available light source. I went online and purchased a Sekonic L-188 light meter only to be totally confused by its capability in our digital world. With that said, can anyone recommend a "light meter" so I won't have to use the Auto setting for white balance? Cost is a factor so if there are really good ones that cost >$50, I cannot buy one until later this year. Thanks in advance.
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You are having a hard time with the color due to the lights. You'll need to set the Kelvin to the correct temperature and you may have a problem with the lights flickering (you can't see it but the camera can. Research shooting in the gym on YouTube. They will have videos on the topic.
drmike99 wrote:
Well you can read the specs but here’s a screenshot showing color balance data.
Taking a closer look at that display -- what the bleepin bleep is EV400?
Joe
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