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WALZ EV-LV light meter User manual
User manual for WALZ EV-LV light meter. 9 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Brand
- Walz
- Model / document
- WALZ EV-LV light meter
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
- File size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Light meters
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The Wolz "EV-LV" Exposure Meter is
o precision photo-electric meter which
provides o direct reoding of the EV
(Eiposure Volue) or LV (t-igf't Volue)
number on comeros with EV or LV
settings. The full outomotion &
simplicity of these comeros con be
f ully enioyed only w hen ,used in
connection with the Wolz "EV-LV"
Meter.
EV Number ond LV Numbers ore ex-
octly the some. The "EV" nomenclo-
ture hos been odopted by the A.S.A.
(Americo n Sto n do rds Associotion) os
the stondord "Exposure Volue"
System. The "LV" nomencloture is
used on most foreign comeros for o
stondord "Light Volue" System. Both
system ore indenticol.View original page 2Page 3 · Read text
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Set film speed
Turn the knob on the side to the ASA Ex-
posure Index Number (Film Speed) for the film
you ore using. The Exposure lndex Number
is given in the film instruction sheet ros well os
in the Film Speed Chort in this folder.
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subiect 2 Point meter ot
downword slightly.
Point the meter ot your subiect motter down-
word slightly to ovoid excessive overheod sky-
light et -ding.
en possible it is desiroble to hold thefeter r"
obout five inches from your subiect motter-or
os closely os possible without costing o shodow.
Alwoys ovoid costing o shodow on the subiect
motter. When the subiect motter connot be
opprooched it is often desiroble to ploce the
polm of your hond obout five inches in front of
the ahoto-cell window in such o woy os to
refl ect e light os thot folling on the
su b iect.
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Number 3 Set Comero to "EV-LV"
ind icoted by need le.
The needle will immediotely directly indicote
the exoct "EV-LV" Number to use. Set the
shutter on your comero to this number ond
you will hove o perfect exposure. After you
hove set this number on your comero, you eon
move the interlocked or cross-coupled shutter
diol on your comero to ochieve ony combino-
tion of f:st6ps ond shutter speeds desi
without chonging the bosic exposure eyz{tded
by the "EV-LV" number.
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ln the event you wish to use your EV-LV meter
with films speeds not on the diol-you con
convert the "EV" number reoding on your meter
to other film speeds by using the obove chort.
For exomple: Set Meter to ASA 100, if needle
reods EV-I2 ond you wish to convert to ASA
400 Film; refer to the chort you con determine
thot EV-14 should be used with ASA 400 film.View original page 7From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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