Re: light meters?

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Eric S. Theise wrote:

> And so I come to you for recommendations. Analog or digital, but
> relatively inexpensive at retail, and ideally with a range that extends
> down into our territory, where we have f-stops in the hundreds and ISOs
> in the single digits.

I use a two-part system:

Part 1) A Gossen Digisix. This is the only meter I've ever owned, so I
can't compare it to other meters. It met my criteria of being cheap ($80
- $100) and it was fairly highly rated on ePinions. The Digisix is ultra
tiny (smaller than a Plen-T-Pak of gum) and can mount in a hotshoe. It
has a number of random features (which admittedly get in the way
sometimes) such as a thermometer (good for polaroid films) and countdown
timer (good for long exposures). It gives you a reading in EV, which you
then set on a dial, which in turn gives you the exposure time for f/22.

Part 2) An exposure calculator generated by Pinhole Designer. Having the
exposure time for f/22, I look up the adjusted exposure time on a chart
that was generated for my pinhole camera. The chart has several tables
that factor in the reciprocity failure for different film brands.

I have yet to make an exposure that was way off (though that could be due
to the forgiving nature of the negative film I'm using).

-jason

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Received on Wed Jun 16 12:09:14 2004