- Sekonic L 308x U Flashmate Light Meter User Manual Instructions
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Sekonic Flash Master L-358 Light Meter. This meter provides a wide range of functions that correspond with most manufacturers camera settings in all formats, which will satisfy professionals as well as serious enthusiasts. Its sealed housing and controls make it water and moisture resistant. May 18, 2015 I am in the process of buying my first light meter. The most popular sekonic light meters either second hand or new are in the price range of 270 euros-499. How bad is Sekonic L-308 S light meter? In reply to Dervast. May 18, 2015 The L-308S does do shutter preferred metering, and only shutter preferred. The pocket-sized Sekonic L-308S-U Flashmate is the smallest and lightest digital light meter in the Sekonic line-up. This with a range of cameras, from the 558 i always calibrated my meter to my current cameras. The Sekonic L-358 is a great meter as well if you can get it used it could be an option. In any case, the Sekonic L-308X is a great meter and you should not have any qualms investing in it.
The Kenko is a re-branded Minolta, and Minolta meters have always had a really good reputation. The older ones are held in high regard. Sadly they are not sold here, so I have no direct experience with them.
The Sekonic 308 I have works, I just have to remember it's not very accurate, but since I tend to use it for measuring ratios between light sources that's not really an issue. The new X model has some limited ability to be calibrated, but it's the same base hardware as the previous 308 models, and you still need a known meter reading to calibrate it against.
It's pretty poorly built, but it's also light weight and it's use of AA battery is convenient, especially when working with speed lights.
As I said, it's cheap and cheerful. It's also easy to use and very simple to operate.
I use a 758 on a regular basis at work and it's a much more capable device, but I don't use a meter in my work in a way that I need the extra features, accuracy and complexity.
The Kenko looks like it has a lot more features and functions than the Sekonic, some of them more useful than others depending on your level of understanding and how you want to use it, but I suspect it's a better unit and it also uses a AA battery.
The Sekonic 308 I have works, I just have to remember it's not very accurate, but since I tend to use it for measuring ratios between light sources that's not really an issue. The new X model has some limited ability to be calibrated, but it's the same base hardware as the previous 308 models, and you still need a known meter reading to calibrate it against.
It's pretty poorly built, but it's also light weight and it's use of AA battery is convenient, especially when working with speed lights.
As I said, it's cheap and cheerful. It's also easy to use and very simple to operate.
I use a 758 on a regular basis at work and it's a much more capable device, but I don't use a meter in my work in a way that I need the extra features, accuracy and complexity.
The Kenko looks like it has a lot more features and functions than the Sekonic, some of them more useful than others depending on your level of understanding and how you want to use it, but I suspect it's a better unit and it also uses a AA battery.
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Sekonic L 308x U Flashmate Light Meter User Manual Instructions
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Sekonic L 308x U Flashmate Light Meter User Manual Video
'Some, the feature radio triggering that has frequencies exclusive to the area will not operate outside the area they were created for. So, Sekonic created a stronger regional identity for its meters to keep it's customers from having a bad use experience. The U-Product is sold exclusively in the USA. B&H has always purchased in the USA structure so has always sold the USA intended product with the 3-year warranty. '
Blue text is not necessarily reality. In truth, the frequencies chosen for a unit to radio trigger are defined by the radio frequency assignments within a country. So (purely hypothetical example...) a unit purchased from stock for Korea might emit frequencies that interfere with other electronic products used in the US...the transmitter and receiver of the radio remote pair made for Korea would work just fine in the USA but cause interference with cordless telephone handsets in the US. Hypothetically, If your next door neighbor complained about interference with his cordless phone, the FCC might just find your radio trigger at fault and not in compliance with US laws, and confiscate the illegal electronics.
Blue text is not necessarily reality. In truth, the frequencies chosen for a unit to radio trigger are defined by the radio frequency assignments within a country. So (purely hypothetical example...) a unit purchased from stock for Korea might emit frequencies that interfere with other electronic products used in the US...the transmitter and receiver of the radio remote pair made for Korea would work just fine in the USA but cause interference with cordless telephone handsets in the US. Hypothetically, If your next door neighbor complained about interference with his cordless phone, the FCC might just find your radio trigger at fault and not in compliance with US laws, and confiscate the illegal electronics.