In a message dated 6/4/02 2:00:48 AM Central Daylight Time, chadwhite@mac.com
writes:
> what is a good light meter for pinhole f-stops ? i am lurking e-bay ,i
> what to buy a light meter that can be used practically for pinhole. i
> don't want to use the math. i just want a simple light meter so i can
> spend my energy taking pinhole images. i noticed that most light-meters
> stop about f-16. f-225 or higher is better for me.
>
I dont know what light meters you have looked at , but many if not most go
further than f/16..... but stop around the f/128 range, but that is not a
definite, what you might consider is this, is getting a light meter, then
getting a pinhole exposure calculator , its a card board affair, and you
simply move the dial around to line up the f/stop to the time exposure , or
else there are ones that have a sleeve , you simply adjust up and down again
aligning f/stop to exposure .
And if you feel so inclined, you can even make yor own , much like a slide
rule , marking off even increments, with f-stops on one piece, and exposures
on the second , and again simply line up what your hand held meter says, and
compensate for it, on your homemade slide ruler/exposure calculator , I did
this before I bought one of Zernike's Zero Image cameras(and yes , its a plug
for Zernikes cameras, I have no shame !!!) that has a dial on it and I
compensate after having read my meter, some one correct me here, but isnt
there also some " gadget called CatEye pinhole exposure calculator for sale
on the market ? seems to me price was around 15.00 +/- USD ......
Received on Tue Jun 4 03:17:28 2002
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