WAJDA PHOTO - Gear Talk: Pentax V Spot Meter
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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You omitted the use of the Linear/TV.IRE x10 scale on the side dial. The genius of that dial is obtaining a precise exposure by taking one reading of the brightest part and another of the darkest part of the image you want to be preserved and place them at each end of the scale. The triangle in the middle then points to the best EV for the scene and you can choose the camera settings on the top of the dial. I have never missed a slide by this method. Zone system made easy, I think.
The Spotmeter V uses 3 SR-44 1.5 V batteries in a bottom compartment (minus towards lid). It has a button on the side for illuminating the scale in the viewfinder, a gray B-button for battery check (needle in viewfinder moves to dark rectangle/line if ok) and a black press-to-meter button below, on the front. The eye-piece can be adjusted to focus the EV scale.
The meter came with a pouch, manual, lens cap (have you seen mine?) and a wrist-strap. It also has a 1/4 " tripod socket.
There was also a version for TV and film called the V-FL. It had an additional ft/lambert scale on the side dial, but was otherwise identical to the V.
That great info. Thanks for teaching me something!
Hi Ken, I realise your video is about 5 years old but I just watched it on the tube. The presentation was a good starter to get people interested, although I would like to address one anomaly. The Pentax V Spotmeter does not measure 18% grey like the majority other meters. It measures the light level, or luminence of whatever the 1 degree spot-circle is pointed at. The extremes of the readings are then referenced to the dial to determine the users preference of appropriate exposure. I've used one for many years and I still prefer the analogue readout. Liked your video on street photography. Best regards, Syd.
Right, but the light level isn't based on a reflective light assumption of 18% grey? Wow, ok.
In college we used only them with a gray card. The metering angle of this meter is only 1˚, that pretty nice when precision is needed.
Yep. That it is.
Hi Ken. Further to my last comment I did some checking with the spotmeter and I must apologise as I found you were absolutely correct ...it does read 18% grey. Best regards, Syd.
Thanks for the update!
Hello Kenneth, I love you bro and have gotten much good information on your channel about vintage cameras. I have to say though this video is deficient because Im looking to buy one of these and was hoping for a tutorial how to use it. I also run a photography channel so believe me I have to practice what i preach also.
Some are just introductions. It was a gear talk, not a review per se or a user manual. Thanks for your comment.
Cool! My Minolta Maxxum 600 Si comes with a spot meter. It is helpful indeed! Knowing what you want to do in the picture makes the spot meter a good tool to have!
What a great lesson in exposure compensation'
I just bought the Sekonic Speedmaster L-858D-U Light Meter about six months ago and have been learning to use it. It is kind of scary at first but once you start to understand it. Everything starts coming together and then you start getting very confident with your exposures. The one thing that helped me was to realize the meter will make what you point at as medium grey. So point it at a Shadow and it will give you a grey reading all you have to do is under expose maybe a stop usually. Same with highlights but you over expose from that reading and Boom that is it. I have been shooting film only but maybe using a digital camera on manual would be an easy and quick way to visualize that.
this is why I named my dog Spot
Thought this was going to be how to use this particular meter based on video title. Was hoping to learn how to convert info from viewfinder stock scale on the side.
Simply point it at a spot. Say the reading is 10. Set the ASA/ISO to the film, put the pointer on 10 and the shutter speed and aperture combinations are displayed at the top of the scale. 60/f8, 30/f11, etc.
@@kennethwajda thanks for the help!
@@brycepinson8641 Sure.
In case you hadn’t heard, cameras have had built in spot metering for decades and decades
Huh.
Do you think I could use my Canon EOS 3 as a spotmeter for large format and 6x9?
Basically it's a DSLR that uses 35mm film with modern canon lenses and has a spot meter. So i thought that I could maybe meter the zones with it and then just use the same settings on LF?
I know I can't get an EV reading on EOS3. I could maybe hook a 50mm 1.8 canon lens to eos 3, dial in the ASA of the 6x9 roll film i'm using on LF, set the same apreture on both Canon and Horseman (super Topcor 90) and meter to get the correct shutter speed on Canon so that I can use the same setting on Horseman.
I know it does not work with digital sensors but this might work because bith cameras use film? Would the bellows of LF make any difference for metering compared to 35mm slr?
I'd pick up a Pentax Spot meter for cheap and be done with it. Too much to use the 35mm, in my opinion.
I appreciate your knowledge as a professor, but unfortunately, you video is not educational. You did not explain how do you use it, which kind of battery we can use on it, it’s ergonomic, and much more. Please divide your video to point just like when you give a short precious lesson. Thanks again for your efforts!
Dear Kenneth, I can buy such a PENTAX Spot Meter V, but I'm worried if the batteries are still available. Can you say which batteries are needed? Thanks in advance.
im having trouble with batteries too..
Waiting for Kenneth's reply
www.photo.net/discuss/threads/best-battery-solution-for-pentax-spotmeter-v.154026/
The batteries are still available. You can get them at any market or pharmacy store in the states. A76 or LR44 type 1.5 volt button cell batteries like the same ones vintage Pentax SLR bodies use. The spotmeter V Takes 3 of these stacked
Raevenswood currently using 3 lr44
but it seems to overexpose in digital by one stop.
should i compensate it for film photography?
Kester Michael it could need calibration in which case you could send it to someone that will do that or you can just figure out how it behaves and adjust your habits to the meter. Seems like you already know what to do :). That said digital is a bit different in dynamic range so you might not get the same result on film... you will just have to try it and see :)
nothing about spotmeter, just bad explaining of Adams zone system...
Sorry.
@@kennethwajda I had a bad day and bad mood at that day.I made a mistake,Your video is useful,i'm sorry for that.
@@annazigmar5322 All good, Anna. Cheers! :-)
Not much use really, you tell us what a spot meter is without explaining the use of the Pentax Spot Meter.
Sorry. I thought it was obvious you look through it and measure a spot.