Which light meter that will work with the Odins?
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If I am correct, there is an Odin firmware update, as of early 2014, that does allow light meter triggering. Look at the Phottix website for downloads and updates. I don't personally use a light meter at present, as I generally shoot tethered into Lightroom on a portable laptop, and run all three light zones manually. This works very well for much of what I do, but I too am interested in the light meter capability.
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There isn't one as far as I know. I think you have two choices - 1) use ETTL, or 2) guess the power in manual and review the histogram. I must say that I'm disappointed that they haven't published a fix for the manual / pre-flash problem, and I'm currently considering going back to PW because of this. However, if you want ETTL, they are great.
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Ronson works well but I'm sure any type will do. Be gentle with the lighting mechanism, it will break with force.
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I like to offer a speculation: for the meter to do what you hope it will do, would require a more complex sensor and circuitry. If B&D; went through the trouble of providing that they have no incentive to keep their efforts a secret. There is no reference to this in the manual.
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Sorry, but I don't know the answer to that. The Heath/Zenith unit that I bought failed right out of the box. The clamp that secured the light socket would not tighten down. It failed because it was made of cheap plastic. When I called customer service, they hung up on me. Needless to say, I returned the unit for a refund. I went to an electrical supply store and got a better unit there for only a few dollars more. Well worth it! I recommend you stay away from Heath/Zenith.
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Hi Kip - You have to be sure to order the PS-30M (with the "M") for meter. I made the mistake of ordering without the first time. They work well, I have two of them. - Don
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No, it won't. You'll get SWR readings, but they won't be accurate for anything as high as 2 meters. This is a classic, old time CB SWR meter that's calibrated for 11 meters. If you're looking for 2m/70cm, check out the Nissei RS-40, available on Amazon. Works with up to 200 watts, and gives you reasonable accurate SWR/powers readings for both bands. If you only need an inexpensive SWR meter, I'd recommend this one.
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Leigh, this is a good light meter and it is not necessary to have a flash or strobe. I would also suggest that you explore your apps on your phone as there are some very good light meters available for $2.00 or less.
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When you use it with the little white globe thing, you hold it up against your subject and read the light from there. That's really what this is for. You can also slide the globe out of the way and use it to measure reflected light, but that's going to be fairly inaccurate (since it is hard to point a meter like this with any degree of precision). But still, you point it at your subject, press the button, then look at the reading.
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I not shure, I used this light meter for comparing diferent types of lamps, especially to change to LED. Also to verify the lights, to be shure that all the areas of the stores have the same quanty of light.
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You can order one that is calibrated. Meters typically do not come from the factory with NIST calibration certs. It is best to have them calibrated locally.
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Sorry, can't help you with the Nexia Service. It does work with micasa verde light.
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The unit displays in footcandles. It is really only for light intensity. The meter has a switch that goes from increments of 10x. So the first increment is 10 then 100 then 1000.
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Maglite is beginning to phase out the halogen Magchargers in favor of an LED upgrade. See information at their site; http://www.maglite.com/magcharger.asp
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I use this on mine and it works on full manual mode. Light meter doesn't work as there's no metering so it does take some experience and guessing. Also just a tip, images are sharper if you set it to f5.6.
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I don't know but the one the I had worked great in day light or when you could still see with your eye, but in starlight it was junk. Sent it back.
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I would have no problem with this meter doing that. I use it all the time to check lighting ratios. Just hold down the trigger and read away. You'll have to do the math old school but it'll work.
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This flash meter is designed to take readings from any type of photographic Flash Unit. measures incident or reflective light readings. I use it on indoor still photography. Works great for that.