jacob
May 21st, 2005, 12:35 AM
I took some pics a few days ago in the backyard with my dog to test my light meter which was out of commission for about 5years.
I noticed it was roughly 2 stops or less...darker.
Is the only way to calibrate it to buy a a grey card and do a test shot with my cameras TTL (d70) and then do the same for my meter?
Lensdude
May 21st, 2005, 03:24 AM
This is from my Minolta IVF manual:
Recalibration-
To adjust the meter, use a small screwdriver to turn the level-adjust screw located under the battery cover. The marks around the screw show 0.2 EV (1/5 stop) increments and the indents in the screw's rotation represent 0.1 EV (1/10 stop) increments.
jacob
May 21st, 2005, 04:41 AM
hmmm...gonna have to do this step-by-step...ill do it with a kodak grey card and meter through my D70 and do it that way i suppose.
thanks LensDude.
T or F: this meter reads at 12% grey only.
Lensdude
May 21st, 2005, 05:11 AM
Actually, it is calibrated to provide an exposure which will reproduce the metered area as a tone with 18% reflectance (zone 5) regardless of its true shade.
