Sekonic L-248 User manual

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    l. Bottery& BotteryCheck'





This meter requires  I .3V mercury bottery such     Before using the meter,  test the bottery   for
os M ollory PX- I 3, RM -6 2 5 or the equivolent,        suf f icient strength.     Press the  red checker
which normolly losts for obout o yeor ond o hoif.     button eD on the bock of the meter ond see if
In order to ovoid possibledomoge from corrosion     the needle @  sw ings up to the red mork @
of the bottery, keep  it out of the meter when     on the scole plote.
the meter is not in use for some extent of time.

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    2. Reflected Light or Incident Light'
 Reflectedlight is the light reflected from  the subiect to be photogrophed,ond the light which
 octuolly folls on the subiect is colled incident light.Meosurementof either reflected or incident light
 con be used to determine correct exposure.
 SekonicMulti-Lumi is bosicollydesignedfor reflected light meosurement,but con olso be converted
 to reod incident light simply by sliding the filter @ onto the right posirion.

  Reflected light meosurement :                      Incidentlight meosurement:





Slidethe incidentlight f ilter f ully to the left     Move the incidentlight filter to the  right so
side os shown  in the obove photo.              os t o cover the Cds cell. Holdthe meter i n the
Hold the meter in the some plone ond  direction  some plone os the comero,ond point the meter
os the comero lens, ond point the meter      TOWARD THE CAMERA.
TOWARD THE SUBJECT.

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       4. High & LowBrightnessRonge'





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    H igh/Low converter @ chonges meosuring ronge o f  brightness.  For H igh ronge meosurement keep
      the converter knob on the position shown in the obove photo.          I n di m cond i t i on,  turn the knob
     counter-clockwiseuntil  it stops. By turning the converter the light reoding scole is olso converted
     outomoticolly for Low ronge meosurement.
       lT lS ADVISABLE olwoys to  try HIGH RANGE FIRSTunless it  is very dork, ond only when the needle
       foils to deflect convert  to Low ronge.

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5 . Reodingthe Scole'





            H igh  ro nge                               Low ro nge
Aim the meter os exploined in the porogroph 2 , ond press the On/Off  switch@ to permit the
needle to deflect ond indicote o certoin point on the light reodingscole.Then,removeyour finger
off the switch to lock the needle, ond reod the  f igure pointedwith the needle.

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   7 . T h e " 2 " o n d " | / 2 " p o s i t i o nt
                                       The " 2" ond" | / 2" positionswhich represent o
                                              brightnessrotio of 4  to  I con be of greot volue
                                                         in exposingfor color shots.  Attempt  to  hove
                                               the primory colors of interest foll between the
                                                                      " 2":'   | / 2" positionsf or most f oithful r endering
                                                      of those colors.While most cdor f ilms now hove
                                             o ronge,or lotitude, thot exceedsthis rotio,   if
                                               the primory colors foll within the " 2" ond " | /2"
                                                 positionyou con then be  ossured thot   the
                                           bolonce of  the scene will be properly exposed
                                                within the limits of the  f ilm you ore using.

                                           With block & white f ilm the point morked"l/2"
                                             provideso convenient woy  of  holving normol
                                          exposuref or " f lot" scene such os londscopes
                                       where there is no extreme controst between
                                                highlightsond shodows.  The point morked " 2"
                                             providesdouble normol exposureond is used for
                                         scenesof very high controst such os fqrcklighted
                                               subiects.In these instonces,set the light scoleto
                                                either "2"  or "l /2"  insteodof the orrow pointer.
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       8. Movies :
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    Any of the methodsof determiningexposuredescribedfor still comeroscon be usedfor cine comeros'
    Cine spe.edsronging8-64  fromes-per-sec' ore given on  the shutter speed scole@ os illustroted
    obove.  Find the cine speed used by your cine comero ond reod the correspondingfigure on the
         f / stop scole.Stondordspeedof most cine comeros f or Super-8 film is  I 8  fps.,ond for Double-8film
         I 6 fps.