Sekonic DIGITALMASTER L-758DR, DIGITALMASTER L-758D, DIGITALMASTER L-758CINE Operating Manual

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DIGITALMASTER

L-758DR

L-758D

L-758 

Operating Manual

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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

1-1Shutter Speed Priority mode ...................................................................... 15

1-2Aperture Priority mode................................................................................ 17

1-3EV mode ..................................................................................................... 18

1-4Cinematography ......................................................................................... 19

2. Measuring electronic flash ................................................................................ 21

2-1Cord Flash mode ........................................................................................ 21

2-2Auto-reset cordless flash mode .................................................................. 22

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2-3Cord multiple flash (cumulative) mode ....................................................... 24

2-4Cordless multiple flash (cumulative) mode ................................................. 25

2-5Flash analyzing function ............................................................................. 27

2-6Wireless Flash Radio Triggering mode ....................................................... 28

6. Advanced Functions .......................................................................................... 35

1. Memory function ............................................................................................... 35

2. Averaging function ............................................................................................ 36

3. Contrast Function ............................................................................................. 36

4. How to use an incident illuminance (LUX or FC) meter (L-758DR/758D) ........ 38

5. How to use a reflected luminance (cd/m

6. How to use the Exposure compensation function ............................................ 40

7. How to use Calibration compensation function ................................................ 41

8. Filter compensation .......................................................................................... 42

8-1Filter compensation (1) ............................................................................... 42

8-2Filter factor number compensation (2) (L-758CINE only) ........................... 43

9. Custom setting function .................................................................................... 44

7. Camera Exposure Profiling ............................................................................... 46

1. Calibration testing for exposure profiling .......................................................... 46

2. How to set the Camera Exposure Profiling ...................................................... 48

2-1Sekonic Application software...................................................................... 48

2-1-1Outline of software............................................................................. 48

2-2Manual Input of Exposure Profile ............................................................... 49

3. How to use Camera Exposure Profiling ........................................................... 52

3-1Selecting Camera Exposure Profiling ......................................................... 52

3-2Analog scale ............................................................................................... 52

3-2-1Aperture scale.................................................................................... 52

3-2-2EV scale............................................................................................. 52

3-2-3MID.TONE button .............................................................................. 54

8. Optional Accessories......................................................................................... 56

9. Technical Data .................................................................................................... 58

or FL) meter (L-758DR/758D) ......... 39

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1. Light Meter Parts

1. Parts Designation

Lumisphere retracting ring

Lumisphere

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Spot Lens

Memory button*

Power button

(ON/OFF switch)

USB Port

ISO 1 button

(“A” in radio channel setting)

Mid-Tone button

("C" in radio channel setting)

Mode button Strap eyelet

1/4” Tripod Socket

Incident/Reflected Spot

Selector Dial

Eyepiece (with Diopter Adjustment)

Measuring button*

Battery Compartment Cover

Battery Cover Latch

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

Average / Δ EV (Brightness Difference)

button

Jog Wheel

ISO 2 button (“B” in radio channel setting)

Memory Clear button

(“D” in radio channel setting)

Flash Synchro terminal

RT-32CTL Radio

transmitter module

Battery Compartment

L-758DR

*Measuring button and memory button can be swithced in Custom settings.

L-758D/L-758CINE

Connector cover

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1. Parts Designation

2. Supplied Accessories

Synchro Terminal Cap

(Attached to meter)

Lens Cap

(Attached to meter)

CD-ROM for Software

(Data Transfer Software, USB driver, Operating manual and Software guide)

Quick Guide (in Japanese/English)

Strap

USB Cable

Sticker for Multi-key Operation and CS

(Custom Setting)

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Battery (CR-123A)

Soft Case

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2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

LCD for L-758DR/L-758D

LCD for L-758CINE

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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.

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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 40)

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 36) Appears when using Averaging function and Contrast function (see page 36) Appears when using EV mode (see page 18)

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2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display

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 Flash Indicator Display

Appears when Multi (cumulative) flash measurement mode is selected and shows the

cumulated number of flash measurements (see page 24)

Appears when reading is memorized and shows the number in memory (see page 35) Radio triggering channel and Quad-triggering zone display (see page 28)

Triggering Channel Numbers

Selective Quad-Triggering Zone Camera profile selector display USB icon

Appears when a USB cable is connected to the light meter and a computer.

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2. Explanation of the Liquid Crystal Display

⑭ Shutter angle (L-758CINE)

Appears when shutter angle is set to a value other than 180 degrees (see page 19)

⑮ Illuminance mark / Luminance mark (L-758CINE)

Appears when Foot-Candle is selected

Appears when Lux is selected

Appears when Foot-Lambert is selected

Appears when cd/m

is selected

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