Seadog Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I know you guys probably get asked this a million times, but I tried the search function without much success. So what I am wondering is will a "universal" type light meter (e.g. Weston II) work for cinema cameras (I'm using a K3). Or is there any way of telling if it is a cinema type, stills type, or flash type. I've heard that an incident light meter is what I want (apparently these are the ones with a white bubble), but there are no cinema equipment retailers anywhere near me so I can't really go and check out a bunch of them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hi- You're in good company, I remember seeing pictures of Nestor Almendros with some kind of old weston meter- Any meter will work, your shutter speed at 24fps is about 1/48th, and i think the westons had a 1/50th mark, so you could read from that for normal speed stuff. You might want to check the meter's accuracy against a still camera or another meter though, those westons are a bit old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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