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This manual is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved.This creation is copyright byM. Butkus, NJ, U.S.A.
These creations may not be sold or distributed without the expressed permission of the producerI have no connection with any camera company
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COMPONENTS
Inc ident
iShtF i l ter
H/L
Converter
Shu
ter
Speed
Scole
Cine
Scole
f/
stop
Scole
on/of f
Swi tch
ASA/DIN
Diol
Knob
ASA/DIN
Sco|e
EV Scole
Arrow Po nter
L igh t
Sco le
Low
Ronge:
-1
0
High
Ronge:
0- l 8
@
Needle
@
Bottery
Check
Mork
@
Neck-cord
Holder
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Meosu
i
ng
Accu
rocy
Meosu
ing
SPECIFICATIONS
sys tem Ref lec ted
igh t type
(wi th
bu i l t - in
prov is ion
f
o r
inc ide
t
l igh t
type)
:
+
|
/3
f
t top
r o n g e '
H i g h : E V l
- l
8 / A S A I 0 0
L o w : E V
2 - l O / A S A l 0 0
L igh t
rece iv ing
ong le H gh
3
8
( re f lec ted
l igh t
type)
Lo*
i32
EV scole '
-3 -23
A S A s c o l e , A S A
6
- 1 2 0 0 0
D I N
s c o l e
: D l N
9 - 4 2
f / t t op
sco le
, f / l
^ - -
64
S h u t t e r s p e e d s c o l e 3 0 m i n . & l / 4 0 0 0 s e c .
C i n e
s c o l e
' 8
- 6 4
f p t .
C o f i b r o t i o n
o n s t o n t , K : | 2 . 5 C -
2 4 .
O
S i z e , 1 0 0
x
6 0
x
3 2 . 8
m m
W e i g h t '
1 6 3
g r .
n e t t .
@
Bottery
C
heck
Button
@
Bottery
Chomber
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l . B o t t e r y&
B o t t e r yC h e c k '
Th i s
me te r
re q u i re s
I
. 3 V
me rcu ry
b o t t e r y
su ch
os M o l lo ry
PX- 3 ,
RM
6
2
5
or the
equ ivo len t ,
wh i ch
n o rmo l l y o s t s
f o r o b o u t o
ye o r
o n d
o
h o i f .
In
order to
ovo id
poss ib le
domoge
f rom
cor ros ion
o f
the
bo t te ry ,
keep
i t
out o f
the
meter when
th e me te r
i s
n o t
i n
u se
fo r
so me e x te n t
o f t i me .
Before using
the
mete r , tes t the
bo t te ry fo r
su f
i c ien t
s t reng th . Press the
red
checker
bu t ton
eD
on the
bock
o f the mete r
ond
see
i f
the
needle
@
sw
ngs up
to the
red
mork
@
o n
th e sco l e
p l o te .
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2. Ref lec ted
L igh t
or Inc ident L igh t '
Reflected
ight
is
the l ight
reflected
from
the
subiect
to be
photogrophed,
nd
the l ight which
octuolly
olls on the
subiect
s colled ncident ight.Meosurement f
either
reflected
or
incident ight
con
be used
to
determine correct exposure.
SekonicMulti-Lumi
s bosicolly
esigned
or reflected
light
meosurement, ut
con olso be
converted
to reod incident ight
simplyby
sliding
he fi l ter
@
onto
the right
posir ion.
Ref ec ted
l ight
meosurement
Incident
ight
meosurement
Sl ide
he
inc ident
igh t
f
l te r
f u l l y
to
the
le f
s de os shown in the obovephoto.
Hold
the
meter
in
the
some
plone
ond
direction
os
the comero
ens,
ond
point
the
meter
TOWARD
THE SUBJECT.
Move
the
inc ident
igh t
f i l te r
to
the r igh t
so
os t o cover the Cds cel l .Hold he meter n the
some
plone
os
the comero,
ond
point
the meter
TOWARD
THECAMERA.
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3 . A S A ( o r
D l N )
S n i n g ,
First ly
urn
the diol
knob
@
to show
o
correct
ASA ( or DIN nrmber o l ignedwi th the ye l low
l ine by
the ASA
or
DIN
indexwindow.
Vol
ues
of u
nnu
mberedbloc
s on
t he
ASA
(
ot
D IN)
sco le
o re
os
fo l l ows
t . 6 M
3 . 2 M
6 . 4 M
1 2 l /
t M
1 . 2 M
2 M 2 . 5 U l
4 M b l , /
B M t U V
1 6
2 0
32
40
1 2 5
6 0
iffi
ri
t',***
1 6
1 7 r 9
2 0
28 29
34
35
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T
I
4 .
H igh &
Low
Br igh t ness
onge
ron9e
H
gh/Low
conver te r
@
chonges
meosur ing
ronge o f
b r igh tness.
the
conver te r
knob
on
the
pos i t i on
shown
in the obove
photo.
co u n te r - c l o ckw i seu n t i l i t s t o p s . By t u rn i n g th e co n ve r t e r t h e
o u to mo t i co l l y
f o r L o w
ro n g e me o su re me n t .
l T
l S ADVISABL E
o l wo ys t o t r y
H IGH
RANGE
FIRSTu n l e ss
i t
fo i l s to de f lec t conver t
to Low
ronge.
3 ' .
e q
Low r on ge
For H
gh
ronge
meosurement
keep
In d i
m
cond
ion , tu rn
the
knob
l i g h t re o d i n g sco l e i s o l so co n ve r t e d
i s ve ry
d o rk ,
o n d o n l y
wh e n t h e n e e d l
ff
sr K0ftJrf
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5
.
Reoding
he Scole
H gh
ro
nge
Aim the meter os
exploined
n the
porogroph
2
,
needle to def lect ond indicote
o
certoin
point
on
off the
switch to
lock the needle,ond
reod the
Low
ro
nge
ond
press
he
On/Off
switch
@
to
permit
the
the
light
reodingscole. hen,
emove
your
finger
f gu
e
pointed
with the
needle.
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6 . C o l c u l o t i o n
o f Ex p o s u r e ,
5.t
II iZ
Rotote
the
lorge
knurled
outer
diol ond
set
the
yel low
orrow
pointer
@
on
the
exposure
control diol to the reoding of the needle.
Select ony combinot ion
of
f
s lop
ond shut ter
speed
opposi te
eoch
other.
For exomple,
i f
the
needle
ndicotes
2 with the
ASA
I
00,
you
con
ggt
the combinot ions
f l /1000
ot
f / 2 , l / 5 0 0
o t f / 2 . e , l / 2 5 A
o t
f / 4
e t c .
The combinotion
ou
select
depends
n
whether
you wont o fost shutter speedwith i ts corre-
sponding
ower
f
/stop
number
to stop
octlon
occurr ing
n the
scene
or
depth
of
f ie ld
with
o
higher f stop number
nd
its slower
shutter
speed.
f-pT
b qjt
, Jq
f f * n
5f
{ou,c
tr
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7 .
T h e
2
o n d |
/ 2
p o s i t i o n
The 2
ond |
/
2
posit ions
hich
represent
o
brightness otio of 4
to
I con
be
of
greot
volue
in
exposing or
color
shots. Attempt
to
hove
the primorycolorsof interest foll between he
2 : ' |
/
2
posit ions
or
most f oithf
ul r
endering
of
those colors.
While
most cdor f
lms
now
hove
o ronge,or
lotitude,
hot
exceeds
his rotio,
i f
the
primory
colors
oll within the
2
ond |
/2
posit ion
ou
con
then
be
ossured
thot the
bolonceof
the
scene
will be
properly
exposed
with in he
l imi ts
of the f
lm
you
ore using.
With
block &
white
f
lm
the
point
morked l /2
provides
convenient
woy
of
holving
normol
exposure or
f ot
scene
such
os
londscopes
where
there is no
extreme
controst
between
highl ights nd shodows The point morked 2
provides
ouble
normol
exposure nd
is
used or
scenes
of very
high
controst
such os
fqrcklighted
subiects. n
these
nstonces,
et
the
l ight
scole o
e i ther
2
or
l
/2
ins teod f
the
or row
po in ter .
r0
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F'
8.
Movies :
Any
of the
methods
of
determining
xposure
described
Cine
spe.eds
onging
8-64
fromes-per-sec'
ore
given
obove.
Find
he
cine
speed
used
by
your
cine
comero
f
stop
scole.
tondord
speed
of
most cine
comeros
or
I
6
fps .
for sti l l
comeros
con
be used
or
cine
comero
on
the
shutter
speed
scole
@
os il lustrote
ond
reod
the
corresponding
igure
on the
Super-8
fi lm is
I 8
fps.,
ond
for Double-8i lm
\
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tno
lar
s
\.\t-\
6 .
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