Exposure meters
The invercone is/was an item that was loved or hated according to the character of the photographer,..personally I always dropped them in the nearest dustbin.......
shim
Weston meters with Invercone will sell just so people can have the Invercone. Now we have a new and previously unthought of applications (by me at least) shim will now up the demand level even further...
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
I can see no purpose in using a Weston without the invercone, you can use the cameras meter to take reflected readings.
And it will be far more accurate and far more sensitive. Absolutely agree with you gartmore!
When I do use the Weston with the Invercone I do notice how well the exposure has come out.....
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........My Hassleblad did'nt have one,....my MPP Mk7 does'nt have one,...my Rollieflexes DO have them but they are only small selenium cells on the camera top and NOT as useful, or as convenient, as the Weston.
These days all of my cameras are set to hyperfocal distance as a constant default setting for instant action as soon as they are needed.
Yes the cameras meter is usually better, provided that the camera actually has one in the first place!
........My Hassleblad did'nt have one,....my MPP Mk7 does'nt have one,...my Rollieflexes DO have them but they are only small selenium cells on the camera top and NOT as useful, or as convenient, as the Weston.
Part of my training was to accurately judge distances and set them on the camera without removing eyes from the subject....our instructor actually requiered us to focus the camera with it behind our backs...it was repeated constantly thousands of times until we were perfect at it.
These days all of my cameras are set to hyperfocal distance as a constant default setting for instant action as soon as they are needed.
Been there, done that!
You still haven't told us why you've binned the invercones.
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Weston Invercones are highly sought after in the Vintage market, basically because they become mislaid. Also it seems because viewfinder is throwing them away!
Weston meters with Invercone will sell just so people can have the Invercone. Now we have a new and previously unthought of applications (by me at least) shim will now up the demand level even further...
It was actually the idea of the man who invented the Invercone or "Back-Leak" Incident Light Scheme as he used to call it, he used one on a Nikon F. His name was Jack Dunn of Stockport and he had earlier invented the SEI Photometer Link (Salford Electrical Instruments) and he later realized that spot meters weren't the answer to exposure problems. I heard him lecture on it during the 70's at a camera club.
I'm surprised that you haven't come across the book Exposure Manual by Jack Dunn and George Wakefield. I've got the 1974 3rd Edition by Fountain Press, bit dated now. It's shown in the book.
shim
....I remember the SEI spot photometer VERY well and although I currently have no use for one I would very much like to own one. As far as I know it was never actually originally intended for photographic use but for lighting engineers and theatre lighting techies etc. As an instrument it is excellently designed having both simplicity and great efficiency. Over the years, I have had a look and play with some more modern spot meters but they did not compare favourably with the SEI instrument except for being a lot smaller.
It's only in recent years with access to the internet that I discovered Ansel Adams's use of the SEI photometer along with his UK made Cooke lenses.
You select the exposure time and it gives you the correct f-number to use.
I want to set the f-number and let the exposuremeter give me the exposure time...
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15 years
Digging through my old bits box, I came across a couple of old lightmeters. Both Westons, with invercones. One A Euromaster 2, the other a five (V).
They got me wondering if anyone still uses a light meter.