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Steve Rakobowchuk

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  1. I will give it a try and let you know what I get as a result. Thanks Adrian
  2. In your reply you say "or ASA or ISO (same thing) you rate as the film can tells you", but I am shooting on DV and not film. DV tapes don't come with an ASA. Hence the problem. A wide range of ISO and I find it hard to believe that all I do is choose a random number in ISO like 5, 200, 1000, etc and set my camera to 24fps or 60fps and the meter to the same and suddenly my F stop will be correct. Maybe I am missing something, but it just seems odd that regardless of ISO 5 or ISO 2500, the results will both be fine. There must be a way of determining the exact ISO for my camera so that it is always right. Your method makes it seem like... (Day 1) I shoot setting ISO at 5 and on (Day 2) I return to he same scene and set the meter to it at 1500 and the results will be the same as long as in bioth cass I stick to the same fps. What am I not understasnding here?
  3. You make it sound easy, "just pick an ISO" but I can go from 5 to the thousands and there is quite a difference in the results. I am thinking of getting a "Lastolite" Grey card or tri card (black grey and white.) Hopefully I can follow that video on YouTube then and see if I can adjust my meer. If I don't start doing something with it soon, I am just going to return it. Steve
  4. Adrian I can see what you mean in regards to every DoP needs a light meter, but in a sense I am too green to see the possibilities. I can see setting the ISO to 200 as you mentioned, and now using that to set my lighting ahead of time when indoors or my outdoor lighting with reflectors, etc. But I would still like a good way to make sure I am using the meter the correct way. For the money I spent, I can use it for extra lighting or whatever. If I decide to keep the meter, I want to know that I am using it correctly. To be honest, I wouldn't even know how to use the "foot-candles" I read on my Sekonic with my Canon XHA1s. I just don't want to throw money away when I can count on my camera for metering. Steve
  5. Thanks for all the input guys, but it really doesn't help me. You see I purchased this Sekonic on a store credit and figured I would get quite a bit of use out of it since it was designed for the Cine rather than photo. Now after reading some of your replies, I feel like I should return it and get a credit. On one Youtube regarding the use of a meter, the Sekonic L-758Cine, it showed that you would get good use from it. Now I am not sure. Should I keep it and learn to use it, or return it for store credit and get something more usefull? Suggestions? Steve
  6. Hi Guys, Steve here from Mississauga. How are you all doing?
  7. Thanks Ben, I have seen this video on Youtube but my camera does not have the % feature. I can't raise the % until it hits 50%.
  8. Hi, I am new to all this an hope someone can simplify things for me. I have been an editor for years and have just recently started into Cinematography. I amusing a Canon XHA1s and recently purchased the Sekonic L-758Cine. I use to work as a professional photographer many years ago and using meters back then started with setting the ASA or ISO of the film. THen from there you would go on with the readings. Now that I am using a digital video camera, I am confused as to where we lost the ISO? I have read through many of the posts and I see people discussing f/s and shutter speeds but I have not seen anyone who can tell me how to set my ISO. What should I set it to, and why? Right now I took a reading in my room and I have 24 f/s F 2.0 3/10 and my ISO is at 1000. But if I change the ISO to 6400, I end up at F 5.6 and I am still at 24 f/s. So how do I determine what to set my ISO at? And I notice that when I am change modes I have a few settings where I am in ambient mode. Could someone explain which one to use as well as why and when? I really don't find to much help in the instruction book and would prefer to hear it from someone with the same meter that uses it strictly for video and not flash or film. Remember, I am new to the Video Camera end of things so explain it in a way that I can understand. Also remember I do have a working knowledge of the old analog meters going back about 25 years. So anything newer that that and digital, is a bit confusing. I look forward to any help you can give me with the meter, the settings, the analog line at the bottom, the settings, etc. Steve
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