What is a sekonic light meter?

The Sekonic L-308X-U Flashmate Light Meter is a compact tool for metering both ambient and flash lighting as well as working in video with dedicated Cine and HD Cine modes.

How do you calibrate a sekonic L 358?

Press the power button on while holding down the ISO 1 and IS0 2 buttons simultaneously; the screen will display CAL 0.0 (for calibration). You can change the calibration setting by rotating the jog wheel while pressing and holding down the ISO 1 and IS0 2 buttons simultaneously.

Where are sekonic light meters made?

Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō (㈱八陽光学工業), with a factory in Ikeda, prefecture of Nagano, for the manufacture of exposure meters.

Where are sekonic meters made?

Japan
In addition to other accolades and awards since its inception, Sekonic has released some of the ‘world’s firsts,’ including the first light meter made in Japan, the first all-weather light meter, the first combination spot and incident meter, the first flash meter with radio triggering functionality, the first flash …

What is the difference between incident and reflected light?

In summary, an incident meter measures the light that is illuminating your subject, whereas a reflected light meter measures the light that is reflecting from your subject. That’s the lowdown on Incident and Reflected light. With that knowledge, we can now look at how direction and intensity impact your images.

What is reflected metering?

Reflective metering measures the amount of light hitting the subject and bouncing back to the meter (which in many cases will be in your camera). It is affected by the color or brightness of the subject itself. So, if the subject is dark, less light bounces back to the meter.

How is light reflection measured?

Reflectance is measured by shining light on a sample and measuring the light reflected from the sample. Reflected light consists of specular reflected light and diffuse reflected light, which when combined together is referred to as total reflected light (specular reflected light plus diffuse reflected light).