light meters

Post by **simong** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:16 pm

can anyone reccomend a decent lightmeter to use with a Nikon superzoom 8x, for a low budget short

Post by **soundboy** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:26 pm

Look out for an older Sekonic studio deluxe, but make sure it has the Lumisphere and a highslide I found out the hard way and spent another $50 AUD on getting these parts.

Post by **simong** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:36 pm

cheers brother

Post by **jean** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:06 pm

Gossen digisix is also a good choice, it can be set to a shutter angle and displays the f-stop, can be used for evaluating the contrast range of a scene, and can meter flashlights for photography. But basically any meter will do as long as it is an incident meter (white dome or white "curtain" in front of metering cell).

Post by **geffen** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:27 pm

You may want to look after this gizmo:
http://www.8mm.filmshooting.com/scripts ... verdlovsk4
These are suberb CDS lightmeters for like no money at all.
On Polish "ebay" (BTW: ebay never made it in Poland, so the biggest place to look at auctions is Allegro.pl) you can get it for around 20$. Although shipping will cost about another 20.
Plus - Poland is a part of EU now, so it is much safer to buy here than further east ;)

Post by **simong** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:11 pm

Thanks

bloody hell, its like a free tutorial everytime i log on here...superb

Post by **Old Uncle Barry** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:14 pm

Yeah! Go for the reccommended cds meters as they are shit hot on reacting to various light sources.I have just retired my Weston IV for one and it works brilliantly.