I’m sending you an AWARD for your clear and concise explanation. I’ve looked at so many YT videos but yours was the first that left no questions for me. Thanks so much !
Good explanation of how to use this meter, but agree with other comments that the person making all the noise in the background is disrespectful and distracting. I found it hard to focus on what the reviewer was saying because of all the footsteps and shuffling around.
The EV mode stands for Exposure Value. A number for the combination of the shutterspeed and the f-number. The leafshutters of 6 x 6 and 35 mm photo cameras often had an EV exposure system and an EV light meter system in the period 1959 - 1990. It was the fastes system to change from wide open f-mumber to full closed f-number with a correct coupled shutter speed. Or the longest speed to the shortest speed with the correct f-number. The brands Prontor, Compur, Copal and Seiko constructed that EV system. Jaco van Lith, Rotterdam The Netherlands
Great info and video!!!.. can you tell me.. in ambient light mode am I able to set the iso and the f/stop, click meter to get the shutter speed needed? I am not seeing where I tell the meter what f/stop I have my camera set at. I think from your video you're telling us to.. set iso, meter then arrow up/down to what my f/stop amount is set for then look at what shutter speed is needed... hopefully you follow my thought process.
Hi Karen, When in ambient mode you can change your ISO and Shutter speeds but not the f/stop. After hitting the reading bottom on the side it will give you a corresponding f/stop and then you just hit the up and down bottoms till you see the f/stop you are wanting. In my video I am specifically talking about using this with strobes, which means shutter speed is unimportant as long as your camera is set to its synch speed or slower. I hope that helps.
Thanks for sharing, I was looking for a light meter for taking black and white film which you referred to as EV which I did not understand. My camera is a Mamiya RB67 med. Format. totally manual SLR. Thanks again for your Video. Regards Ken
This is a great meter for any film or digital camera. The EV setting is for movie film production. The only negative to the meter is that it does not have spot meter function for those using the ambient light functions. If you want that feature you need to go up to the Sekonic L-758.
Robert many thanks for getting back to me so soon. Some of the 308 meter's have letters after the number i.e. 308S, does this matter for what I want it for. I am afraid the 758 is beyond my budget but thanks for pointing out the benefit of a spot meter. Regards Ken
thanks for the tutorial , but please i have flash light godox AD 600 , so do you thing it dose work with this meter ? also i have canon mark iv camera , thanks again
Tony Fernandez it didn't give him the exact same reading it was slightly different only because he moved the slight slightly closer, hence the difference.
Juan Dela Cruz Shutter speed will not affect the exposition when you shoot with flashes, therefore the aperture value will be always the same regardless of the exposure time you choose. You'd need to change the flash power or ISO to get other aperture values.
This might help. You can change the EV settings by (a) with the unit powered off, press the Mode button - keep it pressed (b) press the Power button - that will display the current EV setting: 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0. To change from one to the other press the Mode button.
I’d looked all over the net for someone to explain the modes properly. Your video does just that. Thank you. To all other videos....you wasted 10 mins of recording something not informative at all! Pah!
