[HN Gopher] James Ollinger's Exposure Meter Collection
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       James Ollinger's Exposure Meter Collection
        
       Author : brudgers
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-11-03 18:33 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.jollinger.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.jollinger.com)
        
       | dylan604 wrote:
       | I had an experience where a gaffer was using his light meter to
       | check how well the green screen was being lit. He walked around
       | checking readings from all over to eventually report that it was
       | evenly lit. I took a quick look at the waveform, and noticed that
       | the image as a nice curve instead of a flat line showing how the
       | light was falling off on the edges. Gaffer goes back out with his
       | meter and says, yup, you're right.
       | 
       | Light meters are useful, but I trust my scopes 100%.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Great find, but it's usually best to pick the most interesting
       | item from a list than to post the list itself:
       | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
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       | Then there's something more specific to discuss. Including a link
       | to the list in the comments makes for a nice addition too.
       | 
       | If anyone wants to nominate an item for most-interesting, we can
       | swap the URL and re-up the post ( a la
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308).
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | I found the list interesting in the sense there was a list at
         | all. I have my one single Sekonic light meter only to really be
         | able to say I have one (and know how to use it). With modern
         | digital cameras and their metering capabilities built-in, hand
         | held light meters are kind of going the way of the DoDo. In
         | motion, the waveform/vectorscopes are basic features included
         | in the cheapest of monitors now. As my prior comment suggests,
         | these scopes are actually more useful.
         | 
         | So in the opinion of this reader, I find it more interesting
         | that this person didn't write up a review on a specific meter,
         | but that he has such a collection that this list is impressive
         | in and of itself.
         | 
         | There's always an edgecase to every rule/guideline
        
           | dang wrote:
           | Indeed there is!
        
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