Sekonic L-358

[melliewallace]

Hi everyone, just purchased one of these. It does a great job and I'm so thrilled to finally have one. However; I sometimes feel like such newbie when it comes to deciphering the shutter speeds on this as compared to my camera. Can anyone help me come up with an easy way to tell what a 6 or a 4 is on the light meter so that I can transfer correctly to my camera. I can guess, most of the time, but wish I could just look at it and know if it is 1/6 or 6, etc...

Thanks.

[marc]

Hi Melissa,

You're really getting into your photography.

I haven't considered a light meter yet.

Can anyone else help?

[nyweb]

Haven't played with a light meter yet....didn't it come with some kind of conversion table or some sort of rules of thumb ? Can't wait to hear if anyone else is using one !

[ksuwalleye1]

I don't have any experience with light meters. I've been getting by just using the onboard histogram and the lcd to determine if I have a decent exposure.

[robertjjones]

About 40 years ago it used to work like this - you would first select a speed, take a reading and the number that pops up would be the corresponding correct aperature, etc. Hope it helps, robert

[melliewallace]

Wow Marc, I can't believe you don't have a light meter. That is a surprise. You must just have great eyes.

Yes, Robert, that is the way it works, this one is very easy to work, and it has functions for both aperture priority and shutter priority. I guess I just didn't ask my question very well. (Goof on me)
What I have trouble decoding is the shutter speed when it displays a reading...for example it might say f 5.6 with T 6.

So at 5.6 I'm not sure if 6 is 1/6 or 6 etc... I can usually figure it out judging lighting conditions and with help from my camera, but that is just a little confusing sometimes. The meter itself is super easy to use. I am in the process of upgrading my studio lights to alien bee strobes, so I mainly got it for that, but I'm trying to get familiar with it before hand, and it has proved useful in other situations as well, especially outdoors.

I'm sure if I poke around in my free time(whenever that would be, ha! -- not too much with an overscheduled 7 year old, going on 16 and an overactive 3 year old) that I can find something to help me remember it. If I come across anything, I will post it here, just in case it might help someone else and if anyone else can add anything, please do. I would be most grateful!

[robertjjones]

Melissa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljp64/4643260282/meta/

It looks to me that this T6 is a type of Exif Information - just another little piece of shop talk to confuse everyone. robert

[nyweb]

http://www.warbirdalley.com/t6.htm

Warbird !!

[SherA]

Hi Melissa,

Apparently, you can set the way the meter displays the shutter and aperture settings so that it mirrors the exposure settings on your camera. That should help take the guesswork out of it

[ksuwalleye1]

Did any of this get you going or did you figure out what the T6 reading was all about?