vaughn
you always have a way of putting it all into perspective
See if Quality Light Metrics can still fix it. If so it will come home with a calibration sticker guaranteed accurate.
I've been using my great grandfather's Weston Master for about a year now. When I first got it I compared it to my F3 and to my other unmentionable here camera and it was very close. Even though the dial is in Weston Emulsion speeds, I've enjoyed using it and have gotten used to it, and even "think" and make my notes in its units. I almost always do a "sunny 16 guess" before I meter and I'm usually within one stop and more often than not right on the money. Shady forest or evening is much harder and I'm really not very good at those situations. I almost always think there is more available light than there really is in those situations.
Well, last week the meter suddenly stopped working... everything reads really low. I shot my last roll in my 120 folder using sunny 16 as a whim, but now it's not going to be by choice until I get a new meter or fix this one. Honestly, I'd be happier if my meter was still working. It has real sentimental value too... there's a sort of continuity to using a meter that was given to my dad by his grandfather.
But I'm certainly not planning to stop just because I don't have a meter. I never had one when I was a teenager, and even though I worried about exposure a lot back then, most of my photos came out OK.
The difference between then and now is that now I can actually afford to buy a meter if I want one. So I'll just be grateful for that option and keep on having fun!
See if Quality Light Metrics can still fix it. If so it will come home with a calibration sticker guaranteed accurate.
Unmentionable camera.....? Hahahaha... Is this serious? I thought Canon and Nikon would have this silly rivalry. Here, I said it. I have a Canon 30D as a backup body. My main body is a Canon 1d markIII with over $5k of lenses. I shoot paid gigs with my DSLR. In other times, I shoot with my medium format film body. Yashica Mat and soon to have Mamiya C330f.
Unmentionable camera.....? Hahahaha... Is this serious? I thought Canon and Nikon would have this silly rivalry. Here, I said it. I have a Canon 30D as a backup body. My main body is a Canon 1d markIII with over $5k of lenses. I shoot paid gigs with my DSLR. In other times, I shoot with my medium format film body. Yashica Mat and soon to have Mamiya C330f.
I think he meant unmentionable because it is digital, not because it is a Canon.
I bet most people on here have and use digital cameras, they just choose not to talk about them on an analog forum.
I bet most people on here have and use digital cameras, they just choose not to talk about them on an analog forum.
I neither have nor use a d!@1+@l camera.
me neither but we're probably in the minority.
Yeah I was being silly. I did compare the Weston meter to my digital camera, and in fact it was useful in two ways. Getting used to an in-camera meter takes a while for me... and I'd already done that for my digital, so seeing how to get to a similar reading is a big step. Secondly, the "spot meter" option on my digital was useful to get a feel for the angle of view of the meter.You mean those, bad, bad digital cameras??? Are they even cameras?? Or photography??? Hehehhe...
Also, I guess it wouldn't completely be against the spirit of APUG if you carried a small digital camera to use as a light meter!
Also, I guess it wouldn't completely be against the spirit of APUG if you carried a small digital camera to use as a light meter!
Except for the fact that digicams are not calibrated to ISO standards, but an arbitrary standard that varies by manufacturer.
Used top quality lightmeters are cheap and neccesary. Get one and learn to use it, you'll be very glad you did.
Yes, older light meters are fun to work with. I picked up one for $30, Gossen Luna Pro. The light meter tells you all possible exposure settings under a specific lighting condition.That's just so cool. I don't have a PS digital camera for metering. I don't want to carry my DSLR just to meter the scene.
For many of us on APUG, a Luna Pro doesn't qualify as "older", but rather as "middle-aged".
I'm on your side... mine recently died and I'm either going to get it fixed or get a new one!Except for the fact that digicams are not calibrated to ISO standards, but an arbitrary standard that varies by manufacturer.
Used top quality lightmeters are cheap and neccesary. Get one and learn to use it, you'll be very glad you did.
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