Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>wrote: >I have the Weston Master V and the Sekonic Studio Deluxe but both are >selenium challenged and didn't give me the correct readings when I tried >using them on a couple of occasions. I have a digital Sekonic which works >fine but the other two are merely decorative. I did read about the >possibility of using a solar cell taken from a calculator, but it could be >just old wives' tales. If there are any old wives out there, let me know as >I do like tilting at windmills.... >Douglas ========================================================================================================================== A Sekonic Studio Deluxe (a different one than in the picture) was my constant companion from 1973 until I went digital. I had it on a "Key-Bak" clipped to my belt, and I followed its readings for all my transparency shooting, personal and at work. When I used a polarizer (which I did for almost all outdoor shots) I used the 3.5x index on the dial. I very rarely bracketed, so I only had to edit for content, and I saved money by not having to discard badly exposed frames. Sometimes shooting 3D art, I supplemented the Sekonic with a Minolta spot meter for checking highlights and shadows. This favorite Studio Deluxe slipped out of my hand one day when I was putting it on my belt, and landed on concrete - so that was that. Some of the meters in the picture were given to me or were from photo rummages and don't work. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt