User manual SEKONIC L-398M STUDIO DELUXE II - QUICK GUIDE

Sekonic L-398M Studio Deluxe II Basic Operation - Sekonic L-398M Quick Guide Set ISO Turn inner dial until desired ISO appears next to ISO mark in window. Measure Press MEASURE button. Meter needle will move on footcandle scale. Release. Needle will stop in position over footcandle scale. Turn DIAL RING so that same value from footcandle scale aligns with SCALE MARK (black triangle). Read f-stop/shutter speed combinations from outer ring of dial and set camera accordingly. NOTE: If needle moves past far right of scale, insert HIGH SLIDE into top of meter, and set footcandle value on dial by "H" MARK. FOOTCANDLE SCALE MEMORY POINTER NEEDLE "H" MARK EV MARK ISO SCALE ISO MARK MEASURE BUTTON LOCK MARK DIAL RING 0 LUMISPHERE INSERT / REMOVE HIGH SLIDE & DIRECT READING SLIDES HERE APERTURE VALUE 160 80 320 56 40 4 8 2 0 28 CIDENT LIGHT 10 2 IN 5 160 320 640 1.4 40 80 1 1.2 20 1 +2 -2 -1 0 H + 2 EV +1 11 (FOR DIRECT READING) Compare Readings Take measurement and rotate MEMORY POINTER to rest over needle. Take second reading and compare. Constant Reading While pressing MEASURE button, turn button clockwise until MEASURE BUTTON LOCK MARK is at 3:00 position. Turn counter-clockwise to unlock. EV After following measure directions above, refer to EV window for EV value of reading. CINE speeds After following measure directions above, refer to CINE scale above shutter speeds. 640 1 11 .25 16 EV SCALE DIAL SCALE SCALE MARK MEASURE BUTTON CINE SCALE SHUTTER SPEED SCALE APERTURE SCALE k 5k 2 + 5 -1 200 100 8 18 25 45 2 4 8 15 30 60 1 4 32 22 16 11 8 5.6 24 6 2 128 4 CINE ISO 50 50 5 1/ 2.8 00 1k 2k 4k 8k 2 1.4 F 1 0.7 -2 SE C 1 1 60 30 15 8 4 64 128 90 21