Samoca Light Meters User manual

TAKING INCIDENTLIGHT READING

Your  SAMOCA-V   con  be  converted   to   give
incident light reodings simply by ottqching the incident
ottqchment.





       DIRECT READING IN LVS NUMBERS


After setting the ASA settingfilm speed, toke the meter
reoding os previously described  f or  block ond white
                         'Lightfllm. The oppropriote      Volue' setting is seen in                                  'Light t h e op e n i ng o n  t h e d ; o l morked      Vqlue'. Set the
Light Volue scole of the comero shutter to corespond
with the Light Volue given by the meter.
                         Correct exposure w,ll now
                           result even   if  either the
                             f/stop or the shutter speed
                                   is chonged,  provided  th e
                           Light Volue setting remoins
                          constont.

MOVIE CAMERAS AND YOUR SAMOCA.V

YOUR MOVIE CAMERA hos o  fixed  shutter speed
f or ony given  "f romes-per-second" settingt  thus . you
need choose only  the one  lens opening or  f/stop
thot goes with the octuql shutter speed of your movie
comero.  Figures corresponding to  the number of
fromes, f rom B to 64, ore engroved on the diol.  Find
the number of fromes of
your co mero on the diol
ond determine f/stop op-
posite the number.





                NOTICE
GENERALSCENES
 Aime your meter directly of the scene or  center-of-interest
 from comero position.
 Point the meter of the foreground to  ovoid  "reoding"  ex-
 cessively bright sky.
 CLOSE.UPS
 Point the meter ot the subiect from o distonce of  obout 4
 inches. Avoid  costing o shodow on  the  subiect with the
 meter;  olso prevent the light source from shiningdirectly into
 the meter.
 The meter moy be directed ot the shodows ond the highlights
 ond  the  results overoged  to  yield  o  pleosing overoge
 exposure.

THE SAMOCA EXPOSURE METER MODEL V  is
al-  a  fine precision, high sensitive exposure meter ond hos
   on extensivemeosuringronge from very dim light to
   very bright light without ony "Bouster".
     THE SAMOCA-V  exposure meter  is designed to
  meosureeither reflected or incident light. The operotion
    is very simple for movies or stills-whether  for color
   or  block-ond-white. Becouse of   its sturdy precision
 *   construction,your SAMOCA-V will provide mony yeors
   of  foithful service ond become on  inseporcble cont-
   ponion to your comero.

          THE THREE MAJOR FACTCRS
             .               which  control exposure
     I.  FILM SPEED INDEX
      The Americon Stondords Associotion hos ossigned
 -      numbers for  roting films occording to  their sensi-
        tivity  to  light. These numbers ore  colled ASA
      )exposure-index numbers, which, numericolly, ore
      higher for lhe more sensitive films ond lower  for
         tite less sensitive.
      .- -tne exposu.'. index number of  the  film must be
       su,rt on your meter before toking meosurement.
   2,  F-STOPS
           ,-r omount of  light fhot is ollowed to reoch the
                 .  ,s contrciled by the relotive size of the comero
             , -,.g opening.
      The  relotive lens opening, in most comeros, is
       odiustoble ond  is set occording to  o  numbqring
      system. These settings(relotive openings)ore cqlled
       f-stops ond ore mqrked on  your exposure meter
      ond cqmero.

TAKING REFLECTEDLIGHT READII

Cl"erve exoct position where the needle lines





       ond tqke the reoding of the red morker.

                                -]
  IN BRIGHTLIGHT        IN DULL LIGHT

   CLOSE COVER        OPEN COVER





  USE RED MARKER      USE BLUE MARKER

DESCRIPTION

       I Neck cord holder                 l0 "ZERO Adiustment" screw
    2 f/stop scole                                        I I Needle
    3 Btue morker (O PEN)           12 Red morker (CIOSE)
    4 Shutter speed scole               l3  "Light Volue" scole
   5 DIN index window                             | 4 ASA index window
    6 f/stop scole for movie comero    l5 Movie comero speeds
    7 Cover                          1 6 T o b
   8 Light window (photo-cell)     17 Cover opening button
       I  Incident ottqchmentfor meter

          SETTINGTHE FILM SPEED

First determine the ASA (o,
DIN)         index (tpeed)
     "*posuref or your film from the inst-
ruction sheet pocked with
your  filrn.
Then turn the tob until the
ASA (or  DIN) number of
your  film oppeors  in  the
window  morked ASA  (ot


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TAKING REFLECTEDLIGHT READII


  OL"erve exoct position where  the needle lines
  with the guide line.
  Follow the contour of  the indicoted guide line o
(  set the top of colored morker qccordingly.
 \You.        .  l con now  choose the most suitoble combinotio:r
           "   of f/stop qnd shutter speed.                                                    '16'  No te ,       l f    t h e  n e e d le indicotes obove        with
           the cover opened, be sure to close the cover
          ond toke the reoding of the red morker.

                                       .I
    IN BRIGHTLIGHT        IN DULL LIGHT

     CLOSE COVER        OPEN COVER





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    USE RED MARKER      USE BLUE MARKER

REFLECTEDLIGHT
Reflected light is light reflected f rom subiect to comero.
Point the meter towords subiect from comero position.





              INCIDENT LIGHT
lricidentlight is light which folls on the scene or subiect.
Point the meter towords comero from subiecr position.