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Pentax Honeywell 3-21 degree spotmeter Booklet Product booklet

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Pentax Honeywell 3-21 degree spotmeter Booklet
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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,
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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:
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