Do you really need spot? While I may respect the robustness of digital meters I don't really like using them and prefer analog swinging meters. My current "big" meter is a Spectra Combi-II. Its a bit like the Sekonic/Brockway/Norwood but on steroids and powered by a easy to find 6v Silver or Lithium battery. It does incident and reflected and can average both. Linearity is quite good and sensitivity to practicaly absurd levels (I don't think I've seen a more sensitive handheld lightmeter outside of a lab). In contrast to the Spectra Pro and Combi-500 (and for that matter the IV) its direct (and conventional) f-stop/speed and so also better suited to still photographic applications (in cine both the shutter angle and speed are fixed, whence exposure, so only the aperture can be used to controll exposure). For "pure cine" they made the "Cine Special" based upon the same basic electrics--- it got them in 1979 a "Technical Achievement Award" of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences as the first wide range exposure meter designed exclusively for cine.VedranRapo said:i am in need of an light meter... as my student budget isnt to big, can anybody tell me what meter to get...
something in range of Konica-minolta VF ... but i would need spot too... thx
Paddy said:I'll add my support for Sekonic's L-508. I've had one for years, and while not as perfectly linear as my ZoneVI Pentax Digital, it's very, very consistent, and very robustly constructed. And for your dual purpose needs, it's set up just fine for cinematography. It'll display FPS's from 2, up to 360 FPS, based on 180 deg. shutter angle. Additional shutter angles of 160 & 220 deg's can be dialed in very simply. I'll try to locate the link on my other computer, but there's a reseller in Hong Kong who sells new L-508's for a very good price.
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