Weston Master poss. Invercone for incident light. Ther is a site I believe
which still sells refurb? Meters.
Not sure of lowest EV though
Dave
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From: Chris Trask [mailto:christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 September 2011 20:25
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Light meter
>
> > What is the accuracy like compared with a known good meter, particularly
> > at low light levels ?
>
> This is actually an important question and one which has some pretty deep
> implications. At normal light levels, I'd say that it is probably pretty
> accurate. But at lower light-levels the sensor noise will affect the
floor.
> At normal light levels, experience usually dictates that you can pretty
much
> follow "box speed" and never even meter the scene.
>
> When using modern digital meters, like the Sekonic L-508, or the digital
> camera meters, there is a point where metering becomes quite inaccuate.
With
> the Sekonic, if the EV drops below the threshold, it just blinks at you
and
> says "you are an idiot". With the OM system, I can usually rack the
> shutter-speed and aperture to maximum and get something usable on the
meter.
> Once I get something, ANYTHING, I can then extropolate the exposure back
to
> what I really want. But without the ability to get a base-line exposure
> reading we're literally shooting in the dark.
>
This issue could not have come up at a better time. I've had some
difficulty with the metering in the E-500, especially with closeups where
there is a high degree of light intensity. I solved the problem for now by
way of bracketing, but I have dragged out my old reliable Gossen Pilot II
light meter that I had used decades ago with the Kodak Retina IIa. I also
have three General Electric PR-1 exposure meters that I've found in thrift
stores, one in the original box and the others with the leather case. And
then there's an ancient General Electric DW-68 in a leather case.
I like the Pilot II and am comfortable with it, yet I would like to have
something more durable, with the full functionality of the GE PR-1. And
nothing digital, strictly analogue with a selenium cell or something
similar. I see a number of Sekonic meters on eBay and I may try one of
those. Any particular moderately priced analogue model that you would
consider worthy?
Chris
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