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Содержание digital spotmeter

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Страница 3: ...g t h F o c u s i n g d o w n t o a b o u t 1 m p o s s i b l e b y s c r e w i n g t h e e y e p i e c e o u t a sf a r a s i t w i l l g o Spot rrreasuring of reflectedlight Meterswitches on when b...

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Страница 11: ...d O r a n g e A f t e r a l i g n i n g t h e E V N o w i t h t h e StandardIndex merelyselectany aperture shutter speedcombination indicatedon the respective scales ln illust 12 2 for example it can...

Страница 12: ...oviecameraisapproximately1 50 of a second 24 framesper second This speedis marked in red on the Shutter SoeedScalebetween the 1 30 and 1 60 sec divisions Therefore when usingthe meterwith thesecameras...

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Страница 17: ...e n t i o n e d t h e m a x i m u m r e p r o d u c i b l e c o n t r a s t r a t i o d i f f e r s a c c o r d i n g t o f i l m t y p e k r u t g e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g t h i s r a t i o i...

Страница 18: ...rk E X P O S U R E F O RS P E C I A L E F F E C T S H i g h l i g h t m e t e r i n g i s a l s o a c o n v e n i e n t m e a n s o f achieving an underexposed low key effect which i s d e s i r a b l...

Страница 19: ...r e s t a k e n a t n i g h t W h e n o r d i n a r y l i g h t m e t e r s a r e u s e d t o s e t e x p o s u r e f o r e v e n i n g o r n i g h t t i m e s c e n e sw h i c h a r e n o t b r i g...

Страница 20: ...s o f l i g h t v a l u e f a l l i n g a b o v e i n d e x 10 w i l l b e w a s h e d o u t C o n s e q u e n t l y i f i m p o r t a n t h i g hl i g h t d e t a i l h a s a l i g h t l e v e lf a...

Страница 21: ...sthe highestreflectivityof all the colors lndigoand purple havethe lowest reflectivity Consequently if a light levelvalue taken from a readingof a yellow area is set on the exposurecalculatoraccording...

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Страница 23: ...evertheless if it should be necessary to come extremely closeto the subject in order to measure a very smallpoint the fact that the objectivelens is of fixed focus might make viewingdiff icult In such...

Страница 24: ...yto determinewhich one provides the bestcontrast f o r b l a c ka n d w h i t e f i l m U S E I NS E L E C T I N G C O L O R S The ageof color hasarrivedin television broadcasting but while almostall...

Страница 25: ...t h e n p u l l i n g on it in the oppositedirectionuntil the desired lengthisobtained 2 As the wrist strapprotrudesthroughan opening in the lower part of the case the Spotmeter can be placedin its c...

Страница 26: ...e a d i l y enoughby hand it can be mountedon a tripod and usedf rom there 2 As shown in the photograph the D igitaI Spotmeteris equippedwith a f ripod Socketfor mountingon any standard tripod The Spo...

Страница 27: ...yreduceddue to the new designincorporatedinto SpotmeterV and the DigitalSpotmeter Because of their exceptionalefficiency the readings you obtain may be slightly lowerthan thoseof other spotmeters Ther...

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