Re: Didn't buy a camera today
That Gossen sounds like a real keeper. And the Pentax would be very useful because of that 1 degree spot. If they cost you little, I'd hang onto them. I could sure use a thrift store like that! You must have a busy eBay account. :-) On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:28 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-01-13 8:22 Bruce Walker wrote In fact, the iPhone lightmeter apps cannot do: - spot metering - incident flash - flash/ambient ratios - flash triggering - readings triggered by sync cable - cine readings benefits of living a block from an excellent thrift store: i happen to have a Pentax Spotmeter-V and a Gossen Ultra-Pro, both in great shape; very interesting devices; the Gossen has dozens of functions - reflective, incident, flash, etc. - while the Spotmeter-V is perfectly minimal — just reads EV from a 1 degree spot (it's got a Hycam scale on the side so i use my iPhone to convert EV to exposure) also have an Extech industrial light meter, which i plan to use to check the Gossen's incident readings i don't really need them, but using them for some learning, and will pass them on fairly soon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Hi DagT: There are 4 apps called Lightmeter. Which one do you use? :-) Cheers, Christine On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:00 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Christine: the three light meter apps for iPhone that I have found most useful are: FotometerPro by Kit Da Studio https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fotometerpro/id439913393?mt=8 iLightMeter by Leonardo Software House https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilightmeter/id395224340?mt=8 LightMeter by Ambertation https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightmeter/id320768222?mt=8 G On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi DagT: There are 4 apps called Lightmeter. Which one do you use? :-) Cheers, Christine On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:00 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Neato! Thanks, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Christine: the three light meter apps for iPhone that I have found most useful are: FotometerPro by Kit Da Studio https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fotometerpro/id439913393?mt=8 iLightMeter by Leonardo Software House https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilightmeter/id395224340?mt=8 LightMeter by Ambertation https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightmeter/id320768222?mt=8 G On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi DagT: There are 4 apps called Lightmeter. Which one do you use? :-) Cheers, Christine On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:00 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
it looks like it is the one called LightMeter Pro. (written from a forced visit to a place close to Munich. They should learn how to handle snow in their airports). DagT 21. jan. 2013 kl. 17:25 skrev Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Hi DagT: There are 4 apps called Lightmeter. Which one do you use? :-) Cheers, Christine On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:00 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Dag Thrane http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
on 2013-01-13 8:22 Bruce Walker wrote In fact, the iPhone lightmeter apps cannot do: - spot metering - incident flash - flash/ambient ratios - flash triggering - readings triggered by sync cable - cine readings benefits of living a block from an excellent thrift store: i happen to have a Pentax Spotmeter-V and a Gossen Ultra-Pro, both in great shape; very interesting devices; the Gossen has dozens of functions - reflective, incident, flash, etc. - while the Spotmeter-V is perfectly minimal — just reads EV from a 1 degree spot (it's got a Hycam scale on the side so i use my iPhone to convert EV to exposure) also have an Extech industrial light meter, which i plan to use to check the Gossen's incident readings i don't really need them, but using them for some learning, and will pass them on fairly soon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
A used lightmeter is quite cheap these days. Get a Gossen Lunasix F, for instance. Or one of those electronic meters from Minolta. You might get one for perhaps 50 USD. It's much better for the job. Anyway - I bought a K-01 as soon as the hit the markedplace last year. I was very disappointed - since I found out I couldn't live without an optical viewfinder. I soon got a collapsable hood for the LCD, which helps a little in bright sunlight. I still prefere using my K-5/K20D for most stuff, but for panoramas the K-01 is very nice, since it has the direct veiw turned on all the time. So I'm keeping it. The image quality is excellent - and I can still use all my fine Pentax lenses. So, if you can live without the optical viewfinder - buy a K-01. As for the lightmeter - I'd rather exchange the 67 for a 67II - they are not very expensive these days. The only problem is getting high quality scans - this is a MUST IMO, if you want to seriously compete with 16 MegaPixel digital images. As I can't afford an Imacon (Hasselblad) scanner, I get my negs scanned in Germany. But I'm still having trouble getting good enough scans. Pro scans made in Denmark cost appr. 125 USD for each frame!!! If I had to make a living from photography, I'd get a 645D - or a Phase One camera. But I don't :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 13, 2013 10:00 DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. D yearstagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 12/1/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. Cool. Mark, you *need* to buy the Fuji X20. That is all. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Steve Cottrell wrote: On 12/1/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. Cool. Mark, you *need* to buy the Fuji X20. Think they'll take an electric guitar in trade? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 13/1/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Think they'll take an electric guitar in trade? Hmmm - what guitar ? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:00 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Den 13. jan. 2013 kl. 04:07 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) My light meter doubles as telephone :-) I simple use an App for iPhone called Lightmeter. I works fairly well. DagT Now *that's* an interesting concept. Of course the iPhone is a computer with a fancy light sensor attached. :-) Sadly, AFAICT none of these apps works as a flash meter, and besides using it with a film camera, that is the main reason for having a light meter. It's my reason anyway. In fact, the iPhone lightmeter apps cannot do: - spot metering - incident flash - flash/ambient ratios - flash triggering - readings triggered by sync cable - cine readings Nor, unfortunately can the cheapie used flashes like Jens mentioned; eg Gossen Lunasix F. Still very happy I picked up a Polaris flash meter at a good price. Does everything but cine. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Didn't buy a camera today
I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. Congratulations. I bet you could get some great deals on motorcycles this time of year too, but I don't think you should be allowed to invest in any time sinks until after the annual ships. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. Congratulations. I bet you could get some great deals on motorcycles this time of year too, but I don't think you should be allowed to invest in any time sinks until after the annual ships. Also, I can *hide* a guitar for a while. And more convincingly lie about how much it cost when it gets found out. ;-) But, yes, I'd love to have a second bike. The big Triumph fabulous on the open road but too powerful to be fun in city traffic. A big thumper (SRX600) or medium-size twin would be just the ticket. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I bet you could get some great deals on motorcycles this time of year too, but I don't think you should be allowed to invest in any time sinks until after the annual ships. Also, I can *hide* a guitar for a while. And more convincingly lie about how much it cost when it gets found out. ;-) But, yes, I'd love to have a second bike. The big Triumph fabulous on the open road but too powerful to be fun in city traffic. A big thumper (SRX600) or medium-size twin would be just the ticket. I often miss my old R80RT airhead for it's being a relatively comfortable bike, able to carry a bunch of stuff. But for sheer fun to ride, nothing I've ever ridden has beat the ninja 250 I used to own. It was light, nimble, easy to park, and on public roads I could ride it at a lot closer to 10/10ths, because it took all of it's motor to get up to fun speeds, and I was still going less than twice the speed limit. I've ridden a couple of nice 600 or 700 cc bikes (hurricane, ducatti ...) and I was pretty much twice the speed limit before they were even breathing hard. I think that nearly 30 years later, I'd have a lot more appreciation for my first bike, a honda 350/4, though if I were shopping for one now, I'd probably go for the 400/4 super sport. When I was in Singapore, I fell in love with the Aprillia 250. But those are damn near impossible to import, at least for riding on the street. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Well, so long as you bought something that's really all that matters. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 3:00 PM Subject: Didn't buy a camera today I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia http://www.robertstech.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
Enjoy your guitar! An electric guitar would be utterly useless for me, I'm all thumbs on stringed instruments. A compact electric piano or synth .. yeah. :-) ... I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. I recommend the Sekonic L-358 ... I've got the L-328 which has served me very well for more than a dozen years, but I'm really thinking of moving up to the 358 model's larger integrating hemisphere, higher sensitivity, etc etc soon. A compact camera that has ISO 100 and a decent sized (APS-C) sensor ... Hmm. Well, no, I don't know of one. However, fitted with a filter adapter, I can get down to ISO 1.5 using the Leica X2 and a B+W type 106 ND filter (six stops). Does a lovely job, and is a great camera with clean results up to ISO 6400, even 128000 in a pinch too. Excellent lens and controls. G On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I've had a few clients sending me checks lately (yay!) and had been toying with the idea of getting a new camera. I even considered one of the $319.00 K-01 close-outs from Amazon - it could serve as a light meter for my meterless Pentax 67 that would double as a camera if necessary. But I don't shoot with the 67 often enough to justify that and wouldn't use it on its own much. I may acquire a compact camera to serve that purpose later, though. (Anyone know if there are any good compacts that go below ISO 100?) So anyway, I bought an electric guitar instead. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. I do too, but you and I may be the only ones here that hold that view. I recommend the Sekonic L-358 ... I've got the L-328 which has served me very well for more than a dozen years, but I'm really thinking of moving up to the 358 model's larger integrating hemisphere, higher sensitivity, etc etc soon. You've got the dough; go for the L-478D. :-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I agree, particularly a light meter with incident and spot metering capability. On Jan 12, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. I do too, but you and I may be the only ones here that hold that view. I recommend the Sekonic L-358 ... I've got the L-328 which has served me very well for more than a dozen years, but I'm really thinking of moving up to the 358 model's larger integrating hemisphere, higher sensitivity, etc etc soon. You've got the dough; go for the L-478D. :-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: IMO, a good hand-held light meter does a much better job of being a light meter than any compact camera does. Well, yeah. But it can't double as a camera when need be. :-) And for my purposes, a digital camera works just as well as a light meter. For the nature photography stuff I do the histogram and (especially) highlight and shadow blinkies let me get my exposures perfect in situations where an incident light meter would be impossible to use and readings with a spotmeter would take too much time and fuss. I've used my digital SLRs in the past this way and I get perfect exposures for slide film 10 out of 10 times (which is actually one too many because PrintFile negative pages for 6x7 hold only nine slides and I'd like to be able to toss one out). In a studio or other reasonably controlled situation a genuine light meter is the way to go. When standing in the middle of a stream on the side of a mountain and shooting a waterfall, I choose a digital snapshot and histogram every time (it even gives be a back up photo if the lab screws up). -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Didn't buy a camera today
On Jan 12, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: In a studio or other reasonably controlled situation a genuine light meter is the way to go. When standing in the middle of a stream on the side of a mountain and shooting a waterfall, I choose a digital snapshot and histogram every time (it even gives be a back up photo if the lab screws up). You. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
