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05/15/2006 11:36:24 AM · #1 |
| I have a limited budget. Can i get a flash meter for 50-80$ |
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05/15/2006 11:37:35 AM · #2 |
I recently researched them and found a great one for about $115 - but sorry, don't recall seeing anything cheaper.
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05/15/2006 11:44:08 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by idnic:
I recently researched them and found a great one for about $115... |
...and that would be? |
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05/15/2006 11:47:20 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by idnic:
I recently researched them and found a great one for about $115... |
...and that would be? |
ACK! I lied! :P Grabbed my meter's box to get the model number and saw the price tag on it.... wasn't $115, was $215... oops. The day I bought it I spent about $2100, so hey - what's another hundred here or there!?!?! lol
For the record, its the new Polaris Digital Flash Meter and doesn't seem to have a model # - least not one on the box.
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05/15/2006 11:51:37 AM · #5 |
| thanks but not in my range , i was thinking something like this , i dont need anything fancy |
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05/15/2006 11:55:27 AM · #6 |
From what I understand, an analog meter can't give you proper readings for a digital camera.... I ordered Sekonic's free Light Metering CD last week and they go on and on and on about the need to use a meter that is made to be used with digital camera rather than film cameras.
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05/15/2006 12:01:04 PM · #7 |
| Whose got the money for a meter for a digital camera . In happend to me in past i would get right exposure by changing aperture till i got right exposure but that way i ended up shooting lots of frames |
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05/15/2006 01:41:03 PM · #8 |
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05/15/2006 02:08:38 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by idnic:
From what I understand, an analog meter can't give you proper readings for a digital camera.... I ordered Sekonic's free Light Metering CD last week and they go on and on and on about the need to use a meter that is made to be used with digital camera rather than film cameras. |
Only 'cos they want you to buy another one - the amount of light on a subect doesn't change just 'cos you put down your emulsion and picked up your pixels. Sensors and film all work to the same ASA/ISO standards - so the measurements will be the same. I use both a Sekonic L-508 ( supposedly for film) and a Gossen Variosix F2 (Lunasix Stateside?) (also, apparently made for "film"), for daylight, incident, reflected, flash, whatever. Works fine.
In fact, if you go to Gossen's website, they actually make a case for using lightmeters in the age of digital, with nary a reference to "digital" lightmeters. |
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05/15/2006 02:10:19 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by General:
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eBay. That's where I got my Gossen from. Of course, with Sekonic telling everyone to get "digital" meters, you should be able to pick up a nice cheap and "obsolete" FILM lightmeter. :-0 |
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05/15/2006 02:55:00 PM · #11 |
Here is where I got mine for about $50. Love the thing...and it is ANALOG. Works just fine
A few other threads to look at.
Analog or digital...they both do the same exact job.
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05/15/2006 03:29:30 PM · #12 |
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