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Using light meter as Enlarger meter
I just heard about this today and was wondering if anyone can give in
simple terms how to go about doing that with my Sekonic light meter. Or where I can read up more about it. Used for giving exposer times and can this also be a why to also read the density of the B&W negitive? Thanks, Barney |
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Using light meter as Enlarger meter
"Barney" wrote in message .. . I just heard about this today and was wondering if anyone can give in simple terms how to go about doing that with my Sekonic light meter. Or where I can read up more about it. Used for giving exposer times and can this also be a why to also read the density of the B&W negitive? Thanks, Barney I don't know about the Sekonic but I got the enlarging attachment for my old Luna Pro and find it useless because the meter is not sensitive enough. If your meter is sensitive enough you can get relative readings from highlight and shadow areas. This will give you some idea of the contrast of the negative. A simple meter can also get you into the ball park for exposure. The one I use is the Ilford EM-10, originally intended for Ilfochrome printing but very useful for all enlarging. Its a simple meter which allows repeating an exposure. It eliminates the need for re-testing if the magnification is changed and will give you an approximate exposure for new negatives. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Using light meter as Enlarger meter
As a sort of "p.s." a Luna-Pro is much more sensitive to low light that a
Sekonic (if you mean one of the older Sekonics). And the Gossen enlarger attachment is "almost" useless. A new EM-10 is about $30.00 in the USA, less than the Luna-Pro attachment. -- darkroommike "Richard Knoppow" wrote in message ink.net... "Barney" wrote in message .. . I just heard about this today and was wondering if anyone can give in simple terms how to go about doing that with my Sekonic light meter. Or where I can read up more about it. Used for giving exposer times and can this also be a why to also read the density of the B&W negitive? Thanks, Barney I don't know about the Sekonic but I got the enlarging attachment for my old Luna Pro and find it useless because the meter is not sensitive enough. If your meter is sensitive enough you can get relative readings from highlight and shadow areas. This will give you some idea of the contrast of the negative. A simple meter can also get you into the ball park for exposure. The one I use is the Ilford EM-10, originally intended for Ilfochrome printing but very useful for all enlarging. Its a simple meter which allows repeating an exposure. It eliminates the need for re-testing if the magnification is changed and will give you an approximate exposure for new negatives. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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