What Sekonic Light Meter Do I Need

[braxus]

Wondering if someone could suggest a Sekonic Light Meter that works for both motion picture film shooting, and also still photography. I saw one unit have a look through lens I am guessing for spot metering. Anyway any suggestions? Film speed (both EI and ISO) and shutter angle must be inputable.

 

[larfe]

758 of whichever version would be useful to you for cine

The 858 only if you need to meter in very low light. The touchscreen interface os this model is super clunky

 

[guangong]

For shooting movies I use a Seconic with selenium cell. For still pics, for the most part I use a Gossen or Weston...or even an exposure table. What is important for movies is to use the same incident meter for all exposures, since consistency is much more important for movies than for still photography, since very little adjustment can be made after exposure.

 

[ic-racer]

Many of the Sekonic meters with "Cine" in the name will have similar functions to the following from the 588 Cine manual. I use the Non-Cine version of the 558 just fine with my Bolex cameras. I shoot at 18 FPS and years ago calculated the non reflex cameras have a shutter speed of 1/50 and the reflex cameras have an effective shutter speed of 1/60. I also have the Gossen Bolex meter for one of my Rex cameras, it does all the conversion for you. The two lines and arrow correspond to three settings of the variable shutter. Line that up with the filming speed.