Kiev Spot/TTL Prism compatibility with Hasselblad

blankk

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• Apr 25, 2009

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Hey guys, wanted to know if the Kiev Spot/TTL metered prism will be easily compatible with my 500C/M which has an acute-matte screen. I know this meter isn't up to par with the Hasselblad prisms, but it's also a lot cheaper. Since I can get this for $80, do you think it will work decently enough with my setup, and is it worth it? Thanks!

 

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blankk said:

Hey guys, wanted to know if the Kiev Spot/TTL metered prism will be easily compatible with my 500C/M which has an acute-matte screen. I know this meter isn't up to par with the Hasselblad prisms, but it's also a lot cheaper. Since I can get this for $80, do you think it will work decently enough with my setup, and is it worth it? Thanks!

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I have the averaging meter-prism and it works perfectly on my 500C. I cannot see why the spot prism would not work equally well.

 

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Thanks - is the acute-matte a problem though? Maybe I'm just paranoid but I'm wondering if a brighter screen would throw things off.

 

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blankk said:

Thanks - is the acute-matte a problem though? Maybe I'm just paranoid but I'm wondering if a brighter screen would throw things off.

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I do not know; but, it would seem to me, any variance could be tweaked easily with an exposure test.

 

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• Apr 26, 2009

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The brighter screen will obviosuly give other results than the less brighter screen, yes.
But that is easily dealt with by setting a one stop ISO rating compensation (lower, when you are using the Acute Matte while the meter works fine with the old screens).

 

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• Apr 27, 2009

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I have the Kiev TTL Spot prism and I use it with my 500c/m with brightscreen. The prism can be easily callibrated for any screen by the user - it has a grubscrew in the adjustment knob which loosens the knob. You use this to adjust to your camera. Instructions are somewhere on the web on how to do this - it is quite simple.

A note about the Kiev spotmeter prism - I have found mine to be an excellent replacement for the Hasselblad metering prism - exposure readings are consistent and quite good.

 

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Mine is about right with the very dim original 500 C/M screen. Plus I Get that one of a kind Russian camera smell !

 

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Here is a link on how to calibrate the spot meter prism for your Hasselblad - scroll to the bottom for instructions.

http://kievaholic.com/meters.html