The Utimate Light Meter
Jul 6, 2012 15:59:01 #
This is an expansion of the Sunny 16 rule that turns you into the Ultimate Exposure Computer! Apologies if it has appeared before.
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
Jul 6, 2012 22:16:09 #
Jul 7, 2012 00:16:11 #
Jul 7, 2012 09:50:30 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
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!
Jul 7, 2012 17:37:59 #
Growler
Loc: The Great South Land
nikonesian wrote:
This is an expansion of the Sunny 16 rule that turns you into the Ultimate Exposure Computer! Apologies if it has appeared before.
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
Thanks for the information
Jul 8, 2012 10:23:54 #
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.
Jul 8, 2012 12:12:20 #
Jul 8, 2012 13:57:50 #
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.
Jul 8, 2012 14:38:26 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
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.
Jul 8, 2012 18:37:13 #
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!
Jul 8, 2012 21:35:23 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
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.
Jul 8, 2012 22:02:38 #
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!
Jul 8, 2012 22:07:55 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
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.
Jul 8, 2012 22:31:52 #
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