Rolls-Royce of light meters

[loccdor]

Not one of the current ones then

The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.

Luckily, you are unlikely to experience anything so final or dramatic from a light meter.

 

[pentaxuser]

The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.

I wouldn't worry about RR's in the US as very soon you may get help not to buy one

pentaxuser

 

[loccdor]

Hmm, my butler handles all that sort of business, I'm sure the old chap can work something out.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

... they also make impressive spectrometers like the Sekonic C-800-U. Just saying ;-)

Don't be adanger to my financial well being.enough isenough

Would recommend you check the firmware version for updates; there were known gremlins over a large batch of these meters with the touchscreen sensitivity.

My weapon of choice is the Sekonic L758D (also has flash analysis), discontinued years ago (last firmware update 2016) but amazingly ever-reliable in all the conditions I habitually step into or out of! Touch screens on light/colour meters can be a PITA if/when the lightmeter is for example dangling on your chest while you're working away behind the camera; this can movement can screw the readings around erratically.

thanks for letting me know but ,I'll stay away from that for now
1. I don't havetherequired cable.
2. I have a heck of a time with Sekonic's website and
3. I have absolutely no issues with my meter (if it ain't broke...)

 

[mpirie]

I wouldn't worry about RR's in the US as very soon you may get help not to buy one

pentaxuser

Careful Pete, you may be straying into the forbidden Politics topic!

Mike

 

[MattKing]

I wouldn't worry about RR's in the US as very soon you may get help not to buy one

pentaxuser

Careful Pete, you may be straying into the forbidden Politics topic!

Mike

Couldn't have said it better.
But I do wonder who Pete is.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Hmm, my butler handles all that sort of business, I'm sure the old chap can work something out.

Lt's hope, You ppay him well enough.

 

[Chan Tran]

Good heavens, NO!
the best part of it is that it measures the flash duration time. This way I found out that my studio strobe has an exposure time of 1/350s(a bit slow to freeze all action ) and that my newly aquired Nikon SB20 has only a very brief exposure time of 1/23,000s(fast enough to freeze any moton in the studio). It's a bit geeky but worth knowing!

1/23,000 at t0.5? and at 1/16 power?

 

[pentaxuser]

Couldn't have said it better.
But I do wonder who Pete is.

Yes I am wondering the same, Mat,t about who Pete is. Incidentally and for anyone of us here who has the financial heft I was simply stating what I have heard from someone who appears to have the necessary clout on tariffs that such things are very likely on RRs. I was not making a political comment about the rights or wrongs. Simply givíng information that may be valuable to those of us contemplating a luxury foreign-built car such as RRs in the very near future

pentaxuser

 

[Chan Tran]

Yes I am wondering the same, Mat,t about who Pete is. Incidentally and for anyone of us here who has the financial heft I was simply stating what I have heard from someone who appears to have the necessary clout on tariffs that such things are very likely on RRs. I was not making a political comment about the rights or wrongs. Simply givíng information that may be valuable to those of us contemplating a luxury foreign-built car such as RRs in the very near future

pentaxuser

Well when you have money for the RR then the tariff doesn't matter.

 

[pentaxuser]

Well when you have money for the RR then the tariff doesn't matter.

Yes It's a bit like the salesman's answer to the customer who asks what an RR does to the gallon which is "If you have to ask that sir, then you can't afford one

pentaxuser

PS To those who are confused, Pete is actually PentaxPete who visits us only occasionally to post but quite frequently to post Gallery pics.

 

[benjiboy]

The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.

Luckily, you are unlikely to experience anything so final or dramatic from a light meter.

Bentley has been owned by Volkswagen since 1988. Rolls Royce has been owned by B.M.W since 2003 and it strikes me that the brutalistc look of some of their current Rolls Royce models look more like WW 2 Tiger Tanks.

 

[loccdor]

Bentley has been owned by Volkswagen since 1988. Rolls Royce has been owned by B.MW since 2003 and it strikes me that the brutalistc look of some of their current Rolls Royce models look more like WW 2 Tiger Tanks.

I don't like the look of modern cars! But the 2020s decade is at least more attractive than the 2010s, in my opinion.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I don't like the look of modern cars! But the 2020s decade is at least more attractive than the 2010s, in my opinion.

I'm glad, You are not in charge of design then! Modern cars look so much better than the old clunkers from the 1970s. At least one area where the world became a better place. I can live without Luddites.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Today all the cars look like all the other cars. In the 1950s and 60s, you can name each model with a quick look.

 

[Tom Taylor]

I use the Sekonic L-758DR which is the 858's predecessor and an excellent meter which I found to agree perfectly with the Pentax digital spotmeter that I used for about 15 years. The 758 uses 1 rather expensive (about $5) 3-volt Lithium 123 battery which is a little harder to find than the 2 1.5 volt AA batteries for the 858 but I'm not going to trade-up for one.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I use the Sekonic L-758DR which is the 858's predecessor and an excellent meter which I found to agree perfectly with the Pentax digital spotmeter that I used for about 15 years. The 758 uses 1 rather expensive (about $5) 3-volt Lithium 123 battery which is a little harder to find than the 2 1.5 volt AA batteries for the 858 but I'm not going to trade-up for one.

I use it with recharableAA batteries(NIH) and that is indeed a benefit over an expensive custom battery. Mine agrees perfectly with my trusted and known to be correct Gossen LunaStarF2, which of course lacks FDA.

 

[Chan Tran]

Irony that if the Sekoni L758DR and the Pentax Spotmeter are perfect they should not agree perfectly. The Sekonic should read about 1/6 stop higher.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Businesses that calibrate light meters with standard light sources are able to repair light meters that are broken or not acting properly. There are still some of these companies in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. You can do a search of the Hollywood area and find them.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Irony that if the Sekoni L758DR and the Pentax Spotmeter are perfect they should not agree perfectly. The Sekonic should read about 1/6 stop higher.

and why would that be?

 

[BobUK]

Pete , PentaxPete aka Peter Elgar .

Look on Youtube for Peter Elgar.

He has his own photography spot there.

 

[Chan Tran]

and why would that be?

Because Pentax is calibrated to K14 and Sekonic K12.5.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Because Pentax is calibrated to K14 and Sekonic K12.5.

I see; How about Sekonic and Gossen?

 

[Chan Tran]

I see; How about Sekonic and Gossen?

I couldn't find the information on the Gossen. Also Gossen on some of their meters have direct readout of the luminance cd/m^2 and doesn't show how to convert between EV @ ISO 100 to Cd/m^2. For a K14 meter EV0@ISO100 is 0.14 Cd/m^2 and for K12.5 then it's 0.125 Cd/m^2. I know Minolta and Pentax use K14 and Sekonic uses K12.5.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I couldn't find the information on the Gossen. Also Gossen on some of their meters have direct readout of the luminance cd/m^2 and doesn't show how to convert between EV @ ISO 100 to Cd/m^2. For a K14 meter EV0@ISO100 is 0.14 Cd/m^2 and for K12.5 then it's 0.125 Cd/m^2. I know Minolta and Pentax use K14 and Sekonic uses K12.5.

Which is "right"?