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MattKing said:
Not one of the current ones then
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The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.

Luckily, you are unlikely to experience anything so final or dramatic from a light meter.
 
loccdor said:
The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.
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I wouldn't worry about RR's in the US as very soon you may get help not to buy one 😉

pentaxuser
 
Hmm, my butler handles all that sort of business, I'm sure the old chap can work something out.
 
JensH said:
... they also make impressive spectrometers like the Sekonic C-800-U. Just saying ;-)
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Don't be adanger to my financial well being.enough isenough
Taylor Nankervis said:
Would recommend you check the firmware version for updates; there were known gremlins over a large batch of these meters with the touchscreen sensitivity.

My weapon of choice is the Sekonic L758D (also has flash analysis), discontinued years ago (last firmware update 2016) but amazingly ever-reliable in all the conditions I habitually step into or out of! Touch screens on light/colour meters can be a PITA if/when the lightmeter is for example dangling on your chest while you're working away behind the camera; this can movement can screw the readings around erratically.
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thanks for letting me know but ,I'll stay away from that for now
1. I don't havetherequired cable.
2. I have a heck of a time with Sekonic's website and
3. I have absolutely no issues with my meter (if it ain't broke...)
 
RalphLambrecht said:
Good heavens, NO!
the best part of it is that it measures the flash duration time. This way I found out that my studio strobe has an exposure time of 1/350s(a bit slow to freeze all action ) and that my newly aquired Nikon SB20 has only a very brief exposure time of 1/23,000s(fast enough to freeze any moton in the studio). It's a bit geeky but worth knowing!
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1/23,000 at t0.5? and at 1/16 power?
 
MattKing said:
Couldn't have said it better.
But I do wonder who Pete is.
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Yes I am wondering the same, Mat,t about who Pete is. Incidentally and for anyone of us here who has the financial heft I was simply stating what I have heard from someone who appears to have the necessary clout on tariffs that such things are very likely on RRs. I was not making a political comment about the rights or wrongs. Simply givíng information that may be valuable to those of us contemplating a luxury foreign-built car such as RRs in the very near future

pentaxuser
 
pentaxuser said:
Yes I am wondering the same, Mat,t about who Pete is. Incidentally and for anyone of us here who has the financial heft I was simply stating what I have heard from someone who appears to have the necessary clout on tariffs that such things are very likely on RRs. I was not making a political comment about the rights or wrongs. Simply givíng information that may be valuable to those of us contemplating a luxury foreign-built car such as RRs in the very near future

pentaxuser
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Well when you have money for the RR then the tariff doesn't matter.
 
Chan Tran said:
Well when you have money for the RR then the tariff doesn't matter.
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Yes It's a bit like the salesman's answer to the customer who asks what an RR does to the gallon which is "If you have to ask that sir, then you can't afford one 😄

pentaxuser

PS To those who are confused, Pete is actually PentaxPete who visits us only occasionally to post but quite frequently to post Gallery pics.
 
loccdor said:
The unlucky people who got their gas pedal stuck on the Rainbow Bridge into Canada in 2023, who took flight in their vehicle, culminating in a ball of fire, were driving a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur.

Luckily, you are unlikely to experience anything so final or dramatic from a light meter.
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Bentley has been owned by Volkswagen since 1988. Rolls Royce has been owned by B.M.W since 2003 and it strikes me that the brutalistc look of some of their current Rolls Royce models look more like WW 2 Tiger Tanks.
 
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benjiboy said:
Bentley has been owned by Volkswagen since 1988. Rolls Royce has been owned by B.MW since 2003 and it strikes me that the brutalistc look of some of their current Rolls Royce models look more like WW 2 Tiger Tanks.
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I don't like the look of modern cars! But the 2020s decade is at least more attractive than the 2010s, in my opinion.
 
loccdor said:
I don't like the look of modern cars! But the 2020s decade is at least more attractive than the 2010s, in my opinion.
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I'm glad, You are not in charge of design then! Modern cars look so much better than the old clunkers from the 1970s. At least one area where the world became a better place. I can live without Luddites.
 
I use the Sekonic L-758DR which is the 858's predecessor and an excellent meter which I found to agree perfectly with the Pentax digital spotmeter that I used for about 15 years. The 758 uses 1 rather expensive (about $5) 3-volt Lithium 123 battery which is a little harder to find than the 2 1.5 volt AA batteries for the 858 but I'm not going to trade-up for one.
 
Tom Taylor said:
I use the Sekonic L-758DR which is the 858's predecessor and an excellent meter which I found to agree perfectly with the Pentax digital spotmeter that I used for about 15 years. The 758 uses 1 rather expensive (about $5) 3-volt Lithium 123 battery which is a little harder to find than the 2 1.5 volt AA batteries for the 858 but I'm not going to trade-up for one.
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I use it with recharableAA batteries(NIH) and that is indeed a benefit over an expensive custom battery. Mine agrees perfectly with my trusted and known to be correct Gossen LunaStarF2, which of course lacks FDA.
 
Irony that if the Sekoni L758DR and the Pentax Spotmeter are perfect they should not agree perfectly. The Sekonic should read about 1/6 stop higher.
 
Businesses that calibrate light meters with standard light sources are able to repair light meters that are broken or not acting properly. There are still some of these companies in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. You can do a search of the Hollywood area and find them.
 
Pete , PentaxPete aka Peter Elgar .

Look on Youtube for Peter Elgar.

He has his own photography spot there.
 
RalphLambrecht said:
I see; How about Sekonic and Gossen?
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I couldn't find the information on the Gossen. Also Gossen on some of their meters have direct readout of the luminance cd/m^2 and doesn't show how to convert between EV @ ISO 100 to Cd/m^2. For a K14 meter EV0@ISO100 is 0.14 Cd/m^2 and for K12.5 then it's 0.125 Cd/m^2. I know Minolta and Pentax use K14 and Sekonic uses K12.5.
 
Chan Tran said:
I couldn't find the information on the Gossen. Also Gossen on some of their meters have direct readout of the luminance cd/m^2 and doesn't show how to convert between EV @ ISO 100 to Cd/m^2. For a K14 meter EV0@ISO100 is 0.14 Cd/m^2 and for K12.5 then it's 0.125 Cd/m^2. I know Minolta and Pentax use K14 and Sekonic uses K12.5.
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Which is "right"?
 
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