Thanks George, I know how to use the meter, and I already have an L-308 and L-608. I'm trying to understand the supposed benefits of digital meters and calibrating them; nobody has been able to point out any benefits, so maybe there aren't any, maybe it's just sales fluff. However, it's a good suggestion to rent one, so I'll look into that. I'm in the UK so borrowlenses.com is no good to me.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > George Sinos > Sent: 15 May 2012 20:18 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras > > Bob - > > After reading all of these replies, you're starting to get a lot of > different ideas of how the meter can be used. > > Before you spend a bunch of money on a meter, think about renting one > from borrowlenses.com. > > <http://www.borrowlenses.com/category/Lightmeters> > > This page shows the two-week rental fee for a Sekonic 358 as $28. The > cost of that meter is a little over $300 at B&H. > > You could try out a lot of ideas and see if they make any difference to > you for a very little bit of money. That would be money well spent if > you decided that you didn't want to make the purchase. If you did buy > the meter, you could think of the rental fee as the cost of education. > > gs > > George Sinos > -------------------- > [email protected] > www.georgesphotos.net > plus.georgesinos.com > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > The thread about exposure differences for film and digital set me > > browsing the Sekonic site, where they now offer specifically digital > > light meters <http://www.sekonic.com/Products/All/Overview.aspx>. > > > > Mine are both relics of the film days, including a L-308s and > whatever > > was the equivalent back then of the L-758 meters. > > > > I get a lot of use out of the L-308s and noting that they now do the > > L-308DC I wonder if it's worthwhile to get one. The main difference > > that interests me is calibration. > > > > Is anyone else here using a calibrated meter / camera combo? If so, > > how much difference does it make, and is it easy to use or just > > another damn thing getting in the way? > > > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
