That would make sense if he was talking about a camera. But he's talking about a light meter, the Sekonic L28C.
G > On Dec 16, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > A lot of cameras allow you to tell the auto exposure to set a certain number > of stops over or under, they often refer to these stops in terms of EV. I > expect that this is what he is referring to. > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I'm not sure what Collin's question meant. You don't "adjust" the EV dial, >> it's a read out with an exposure value for you to set after metering. >> >> Using EV numbers to set exposure was common practice for about 20 years of >> Rolleiflexes and is still in use with Hasselblad V system lenses. Lots of >> other cameras used the system too. On my Hasselblad lenses, you set an EV >> number and then the shutter and aperture rings are coupled together so you >> can see all the combinations that work for the set exposure. >> >> G >> >> >>> On Dec 15, 2016, at 10:21 PM, John Coyle<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> AFAIRC, the EV values were only used on a few cameras where you could not >>> set the shutter >>> speed/aperture, but set the EV value on a scale on the lens (or body). It >>> will adjust as you change >>> the shutter or aperture scales, as it does on an old Lunasix 6 meter I use >>> with my Rolleicord. >>> There is no way normally to alter its value except by altering shutter >>> speed, aperture, or ISO. >>> >>> John in Brisbane >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike wilson >>> >>> Nothing that I can see in the manual. >>> >>> http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/sekonic_l-28c2.pdf >>> >>>> On 15 December 2016 at 23:32 Collin Brendemuehl >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> How does one adjust the EV dial? -- 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.
