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Pentax Honeywell 3-21 degree spotmeter Booklet Product booklet
Product booklet for Pentax Honeywell 3-21 degree spotmeter Booklet. 3 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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lens, and will therefore give you an inaccurate measurement based on the overall lighting conditions. Your exposure will often be Calculated from broad areas of bright sno or sand which will not be included in the area “seen” by the long lens, leaving the subject badly underexposed; or from broad areas of deep shadow, leaving the subject overexposed. With the 3/21 Meter you can zero-in on the selected area for a perf exposure... even at a distance, Theater performances and sports activities are vividly captured from your seat in the balcony or bleachers without guesswork! ‘And for the best results in color photography, where the lightest areas of exposure should be no more than four times brighter than the darkest, the 3/21 Meter is invaluable! Every shadowy and highl’ght in-your picture can be checked to insure proper balance with utmost accuracy, Easy to use? You bet... simply view your subject through the viewing lens, press the button for high or low intensity, and take your reading from the EVS scale located on the viewing lens. The "High" or upper scale is used in bright light, while in subdued light, the "Low" or bottom scale is used. Set the ASA rating of your film with the index mark, line up the EVS reading with its index mark, and choose a suitable combination of shutter speeds and f/stops which coinc on rings A and B. Ring A is marked with EVS numbers from 2 to 18 (1) and shutter speeds from Time to 1 /18000 sec. (2), while Ring B contains f/stops from /1 to f/128 (3) and ASA film ratings from ASA 3.0 ASA 6400 (4). That's all there is to it: .. fast nple, and—most important—extremely accurate and selective The 3/21 Exposure Meter is precision-built to exacting standards by the same cra who make the famous Honeywell Pentax cameras and lenses. The 3/21 Meter will retain its extreme accuracy with an absolute minimum of attention and will operate for one full year on one 1.3v mercury battery and one 22.5v dry cell. Every 3/21 Meter is fully guaranteed against defective materials rkmanship by Honeywell ‘Ask your Honeywell dealer for a demonstration of thls 1uperb new exposure meter soon. Discover for yourself what adiference th 1 instrument can mean to you making photography more rewarding than ever before! her carrying case...$99.50 Honeywell PHOTOORAPHIC PRODUCTS! HOW THE 3/21 EXPOSURE METER WILL IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY,View original page 2
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st reflective light meters measure the average light reflected from a relatively wide angle of view. Too often this results in an exposure setting that is calculated from large f very high or very low levels of light, ad of from the specific subject itself the end prod: areful planning ften turns out to be over or uni angle of only 3°, allows you to restrict you! ified area or areas of ng influenced by bright ackgrounds ado Your subject always perfectly exposed most difficult lighting situations, At close range, and for portraits, the 3/21 is unexcelled. Gone are the days when you your meter unde Here's an easy-to-use exposure mi nose! The selective 3° of the that gives you complete confidence in y ve 3 of the 3 exposure settings! The Honeywell Penta zoom in on your subject from the camera Three /twenty-One Meter brings a fresh position and get a true exposure reading approach to exposure problems, assuring you | —_unaffected by backlighting, reflecting surfa or backgrounds. You can even choose specific areas of interest on your subject's face and expose perfectly for flattering highlights and subtle skin tones. of perfectly exposed pictures under every kind of lighting condition. Its light-sensitive element cover center of a 21° f selectivity means you measure o angle of only 3° in the of view. This extreme y the prec area you want to photograph—gone are false pictures! With /e complete control sure situation, from soft 21 Meter when you use it with long or telephoto lenses which er angle of view. You'll be especially pleased with the readings and poorly exposed the 3/21 Meter, yo! t's take the p Iculating exposure for a selected portion of a scene you want to record with a long lens. An ordinary light meter, with its wide angle of acceptance, will "see" much more of the scene than your r every exp candlelight to dazzling sun. Here's why the 3/21 Meter is superior to convention: exposure meters:View original page 3
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