Had a Sekonic with the Pocket Wizard module to trigger my strobes, great tools for dialing in the right settings. I like that one that can determine colour temperature.
Regarding the first Sekonic meter. It was originally known as the Norwood Director. Sekonic bought the company,i thonk, and made it their own. Many Movies were shot using that meter. Gossen made a color meter called the Sixtie meter. They are easily available for sale and are suprisingly inexpensive. Probably because nobody understands whst they do. Thanks, Mr. WOO! And you too, John for bringing him to us.
What a variety, unfortunately most meters that use selenium cells do not work anymore and can't be repaired, old cameras had selenium cells on the camera bodies or around the lens on fixed camera rangefinders in some cases. Eventually we went to Cds cells which usually still work. I was blown away by the field camera plate that connected to the Minolta light meter, I have some non working Weston meters but (2) working Minolta meters the Auto Meter III and the Auto Meter IIIF. Unfortunately after decades go by the white bulb plastic behind the bulb that locks on the head can break (which it did on my Auto Meter III) and folks charge 5x what they cost new if you have to replace them. I bought the Auto Meter IIIF for the white bulb, it was only $20.00 more than the bulb itself so I have (2) functioning meters that share (1) bulb. Mr. Woo has a plethora of gear to show you in that store, he must be in heaven as a camera guy. Thanks again John for the presentation.
I have had several Light Meters, fx the Sekonic L-448 Studio-Auto II, but it was 1.5 EV off the correct metering, so I returned it. The Quantum Calcu-Light are very precise for metering, but not well made, though they always function as long as the batteriers have juice, get the later versions. The Gossen Variosix F2 are an excellent Light Meter, I will highly recommend Gossen with digital reading. Recently I discovered that ALL of my old Weston Master and Weston Euro-Master Light Meters have died, the have been in a dry cabinet, so it is only age that have killed them, Weston Light Meters are precise, but very vulnerable.
Thank you for another interesting episode, gentlemen.👍
Had a Sekonic with the Pocket Wizard module to trigger my strobes, great tools for dialing in the right settings. I like that one that can determine colour temperature.
Regarding the first Sekonic meter. It was originally known as the Norwood Director. Sekonic bought the company,i thonk, and made it their own.
Many Movies were shot using that meter.
Gossen made a color meter called the Sixtie meter. They are easily available for sale and are suprisingly inexpensive. Probably because nobody understands whst they do.
Thanks, Mr. WOO! And you too, John for bringing him to us.
Great episode guys!!!
What a variety, unfortunately most meters that use selenium cells do not work anymore and can't be repaired, old cameras had selenium cells on the camera bodies or around the lens on fixed camera rangefinders in some cases. Eventually we went to Cds cells which usually still work. I was blown away by the field camera plate that connected to the Minolta light meter, I have some non working Weston meters but (2) working Minolta meters the Auto Meter III and the Auto Meter IIIF. Unfortunately after decades go by the white bulb plastic behind the bulb that locks on the head can break (which it did on my Auto Meter III) and folks charge 5x what they cost new if you have to replace them. I bought the Auto Meter IIIF for the white bulb, it was only $20.00 more than the bulb itself so I have (2) functioning meters that share (1) bulb. Mr. Woo has a plethora of gear to show you in that store, he must be in heaven as a camera guy. Thanks again John for the presentation.
I would be nervous with the underwater light meter. Changing the dials to get the information and a shark sneaks up for an easy meal. Cheers!
Great video - I still love a flash meter.
Your incident meters seem larger than I remember ... 🦘
I have had several Light Meters, fx the Sekonic L-448 Studio-Auto II, but it was 1.5 EV off the correct metering, so I returned it. The Quantum Calcu-Light are very precise for metering, but not well made, though they always function as long as the batteriers have juice, get the later versions. The Gossen Variosix F2 are an excellent Light Meter, I will highly recommend Gossen with digital reading. Recently I discovered that ALL of my old Weston Master and Weston Euro-Master Light Meters have died, the have been in a dry cabinet, so it is only age that have killed them, Weston Light Meters are precise, but very vulnerable.
Mr. John Ishii! Huge favor. Next time you see Mr. Woo, ask him if he knows someone who has both front rubber replacement pieces for the Nikon F5.
Weston Master should last forever.
Are You using Your Cellphone again? Sharp! Probably Zf or Z6III with the Nikkor Z 26mm f/2.8 Pancake lens. Cheers!
Hi Randall sometimes iPhone sometimes DJI pocket 3
I am quit sure Mr Woo never needed a light meter. He could eyeball it and get the correct settings 90 % of the time.
Tom