DIGITALMASTER L-758DR L-758D L-758 Operating Manual Blank page Safety Precautions Before using your light meter, please read this "Safety Precautions" carefully and use it properly. Indicates hazard or unsafe use that can result in personal injury or death. Indicates hazard or unsafe use that can result in personal injury or damage to your light meter. Indicates a caution or limitation that accompanies operation. Please read the note to avoid incorrect operation. WARNING CAUTION NOTE: Reference: Provides the reference information and related functions that are useful in operating. We recommend that you read these references. WARNING · Please place light meter in a location where an infant cannot reach and accidentally get the strap wrapped around his or her neck. There is danger of strangulation. · Keep the synchro terminal cap out of reach of young children, as swallowing such objects can cause suffocation. · Never place batteries in fire, short, disassemble, heat or charge them. The batteries might break down, and cause damage, injury or pollute the environment. CAUTION · There is a danger of electric shock and damage to product if your meter is handled with wet hands, in the rain, near water or where there is a lot of moisture, when you use cord flash mode. If you are using flash mode in these conditions, we recommend Cordless Flash mode or Radio Triggering mode. Always attach the synchro terminal cap on to the synchro connector when the light meter is exposed to wet or rainy conditions. · Do not look directly at the sun through the viewfinder, because of potential eye injury. ENGLISH Table of Contents Safety Precautions Table of Contents 1. Parts Designation ............................................................................................... 1 1. Light Meter Parts .............................................................................................. 1 2. Supplied Accessories ....................................................................................... 2 2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display(LCD) ............................................. 3 3. Before Using ....................................................................................................... 7 1. Attach the strap ................................................................................................ 7 2. Inserting the battery .......................................................................................... 7 3. Checking battery capacity ................................................................................ 7 4. Replacing the battery during measurement or when using the memory function .. 8 5. Auto Power Off function ................................................................................... 8 6. Setting ISO 1 sensitivity ................................................................................... 8 7. Setting ISO 2 sensitivity ................................................................................... 8 8. Jog Wheel Lock or Lock Off ............................................................................. 9 9. Setting the Measuring and Memory button configuration ................................. 10 4. Basic Operation .................................................................................................. 11 1. Incident or reflected spot measuring ................................................................ 11 2. Setting measuring mode .................................................................................. 12 3. Incident Measurement Mode ............................................................................ 13 4. Reflected Measurement Mode (spot metering) ................................................ 14 5. Measurement ...................................................................................................... 15 1. Measuring ambient light ................................................................................... 15 1-1 Shutter Speed Priority mode ...................................................................... 15 1-2 Aperture Priority mode ................................................................................ 17 1-3 EV mode ..................................................................................................... 18 1-4 Cinematography ......................................................................................... 19 2. Measuring electronic flash ................................................................................ 21 2-1 Cord Flash mode ........................................................................................ 21 2-2 Auto-reset cordless flash mode .................................................................. 22 Table of Contents ENGLISH 2-3 Cord multiple flash (cumulative) mode ....................................................... 24 2-4 Cordless multiple flash (cumulative) mode ................................................. 25 2-5 Flash analyzing function ............................................................................. 27 2-6 Wireless Flash Radio Triggering ................................................................. 28 6. Advanced Functions .......................................................................................... 31 1. Memory function ............................................................................................... 31 2. Averaging function ............................................................................................ 32 3. Contrast Function ............................................................................................. 32 4. How to use an incident illuminance (LUX or FC) meter (L-758DR/758D) ........ 34 5. How to use a reflected luminance (cd/m2 or FL) meter (L-758DR/758D) ......... 35 6. How to use the Exposure compensation function ............................................ 36 7. How to use Calibration compensation function ................................................ 37 8. Filter compensation .......................................................................................... 38 8-1 Filter compensation (1) ............................................................................... 38 8-2 Filter factor number compensation (2) (L-758CINE only) ........................... 39 9. Custom setting function .................................................................................... 40 7. Camera Exposure Profiling ............................................................................... 42 1. Calibration testing for exposure profiling .......................................................... 42 2. Input test target data ........................................................................................ 44 2-1 Sekonic Application software ...................................................................... 44 2-1-1 Outline of software ............................................................................. 44 2-2 Manual Exposure Profile Input ................................................................... 45 3. How to use Exposure Profiling mode ............................................................... 48 3-1 Selecting Camera Exposure Profiling ......................................................... 48 3-2 Analog scale ............................................................................................... 48 3-2-1 Aperture scale .................................................................................... 48 3-2-2 EV scale ............................................................................................. 48 3-2-3 MID.TONE button .............................................................................. 49 8. Optional Accessories ......................................................................................... 52 9. Technical Data .................................................................................................... 54 Table of Contents 10.Care and Maintenance ...................................................................................... 56 FCC & IC compliance information ........................................................................ 57 1. Parts Designation 1. Light Meter Parts Lumisphere retracting ring Lumisphere !8Spot Lens Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Memory button* Average / EV (Brightness Difference) button Jog Wheel Power button (ON/OFF switch) @1USB Port ISO 1 button ("A" in radio channel setting) Mid-Tone button ("C" in radio channel setting) Mode button Strap eyelet !9Incident/Reflected Spot Selector Dial @2 Eyepiece (with Diopter Adjustment) Measuring button* ISO 2 button ("B" in radio channel setting) @3Memory Clear button ("D" in radio channel setting) Flash Synchro terminal Battery Compartment Cover @41/4" Tripod Socket Battery Cover Latch RT-32FCC/CE Radio transmitter module Battery Compartment @5Connector cover L-758DR *Measuring button and memory button can be swithced in Custom settings. L-758D/L-758CINE -1- ENGLISH 1. Parts Designation 2. Supplied Accessories @6Synchro Terminal Cap (Attached to meter) @7Strap @8Lens Cap (Attached to meter) @9USB Cable #0CD-ROM for Software (Data Transfer Software, USB driver, Operating manual and Software guide) #1Sticker for Multi-key Operation and CS (Custom Setting) ·| #2Quick Guide (in Japanese/English) #3Operating Manual #4Battery (CR-123A) #5Soft Case -2- 2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) LCD for L-758DR/L-758D ENGLISH LCD for L-758CINE NOTE: For explanation purposes, the display illustrated here shows all icons and readouts simultaneously. Actual LCD screen will not show all icon as above during normal use. Auto Electro-Luminescent Display (EL) · In low light (EV 6 or less), a green backlight will automatically illuminate the entire LCD. · The LCD will not be automatically illuminated during measurements, in Cordless Flash or Wireless flash radio triggering mode. · The Electro-luminescent backlight will automatically turn off 20 seconds after last operation. -3- 2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display Display in viewfinder In setting : Flash analyzing : Luminance : / (Only L-758CINE) *Not displayed in Incident reading. Measuring Mode Icons Ambient (see page 15) Auto-Reset Cordless Flash (see page 22) Cord Flash (see page 21) Wireless flash radio triggering mode (see page 28) Incident / Reflected Spot Mode Icons (see page 11) Appears when in Incident mode Appears when in Reflected Spot mode ISO Display (see page 8) Displays ISO 1 setting Displays second ISO setting when ISO 2 button is pressed Flash Analyzing indicator (see page 27) 0 to 100% in 10% increments (percentage of the flash in the total exposure) +/- Exposure/Calibration Compensation display (see page 36) Exposure compensation--- appears on the upper side of the main LCD. Calibration compensation--- appears only in the calibration setting mode. Digital aperture value, Aperture Priority, EV Brightness Difference, Average function, EV display Appears when Aperture Priority (f/stop) mode is selected (see page 17) Appears when using Contrast function (see Page 32) Appears when using Averaging function and Contrast function (see page 32) Appears when using EV mode (see page 18) -4- 2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display ENGLISH Analog Scale Displays measured values as icons along the apertures or Latitude EV scale. The scale is graduated in full or 1/3 stop increments for measurements. Memorized and averaged values are also display along the scale. · Aperture scale (upper scale) displays in all mode except Aperture priority mode. f 0.7 to f 90 in full stops appears in all modes except aperture priority mode (L-758) f 0.5 to f 64 in full stops appears in all modes except aperture priority mode (L-758CINE) EV scale (lower scale) displays in all mode except Multiple flash cumulative mode. +/-7 stops from Mid.Tone (0) appears in aperture priority mode, or other modes if selected. Value display scale Appear to indicate last measured/ memorized/ averaged values and brightness difference value below the aperture scale or above the latitude scale depending on which scale has been selected. Appears when measurement is below display range Blinks when measurement is below measurement range Appears when measurement is above display range Blinks when measurement is above measurement range Dynamic range/clipping point icons Indicates dynamic range and clipping point of a selected camera exposure profiling. Shutter priority indicator, shutter speed display for still photography or frames per second (f/s) for cinematography Appears when Shutter Priority (T) is selected mode (see page 15) Appears when shutter speed is in minutes Appears when shutter speed is in full seconds Appears when cine speed is set in frames per second (see page 19) Battery Power Indicator (see page 7) Memory / Multiple Fla ...