[rollei_list] Re: Selenium Light Meters

On Friday, April 29, 2005, at 08:08  PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> Richard
>
> You are apparently too young to have been properly trained on selenium 
> meters he grins , but the proper method is to wave them around a bit 
> to obtain an average. I worked political events in the dark ages, and, 
> as late as 1968, we still had the Speed Graphic dudes there waving 
> their meters around. =20
>
> Weston speeds are effectively .8 ASA. There are a gazillion warnings 
> to CALIBRATE YOUR OWN FILM!!! from all sources but I have yet to find 
> a single film which does not properly respond when the adjustment is 
> made. (That is, 400 ASA is 320 Weston).
>
> Selenium meters are the closest match to the light response of 
> chemical film, and so selenium meters deserve great respect. They can 
> be a huge pain in the butt to use but, in the end, they will produce a 
> more accurate result than will anything else.

Agree with every word!

Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>

















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