[LargeFormat] Light meter recommendations

[Les Newcomer]

You're right, I tried it in my head rather than using my slide rule.

Les


On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 10:31 AM, Roger Klinkenborg wrote:

> From: Roger Klinkenborg
> 	256 on the Uniform System should be an f64, ot a 90:
> 	16	22	32	45	64 	90
> 	16	32	64	128	259	512
> L believe that these are the corresponding aperture numbers between the 
> two
> systems.
> RK
>
>> what lenses do you own that goes beyond f64?
>>
>> My minolta IVf is a very nice meter, it can dance a little but the bells
>> and whistles don't get in the way of straight metering.  Gives both 
>> analog
>> and digital readouts
>>
>> The meter I was trying to find was my old Luna Pro.  I'm pretty sure it
>> will go down that far as well as meter for hours instead of just seconds.
>> That's when it hit me, I haven't seen a lens scaled beyond f90.   There
>> are old lenses out there with scales up to 256, but that's a Unified
>> System scale not an f-stop scale and US256 re-calculates to f90.
>> On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 07:56 AM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks:
>>>
>>> I've been using a Weston Master V for years.  It shows exposures down to
>>> f32, which means that I have to adjust for f45 to f128 in my head....
>>> sometimes I adjust wrong, usually when my mind is set on the
>>> composition, resulting in some poor exposures.
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a meter with a scale down to f128? It doesn't need
>>> to be any fancier than the Master V.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>>
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