Sekonic L-408 User Manual
EXPOSURE METER
Operating Instructions
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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This manual uses the following safety labels
that you must follow.
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WARNING
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CAUTION
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CAUTION 0 To avoid injury to your eyes, never look at the sun through the
Indicates hazards or unsafe practices that can result in severe
personal injury or
Indicates hazards or unsafe practices that can result in the personal
injury or a damage to your L-408 exposure meter.
Indicates an operation note or limitation you must use. Please read
the notes to avoid an incorrect L-408 operation.
Provides the reference information and related functions that are
useful for your L-408 operations.
+ Store your L-408 in a safe place so that a little child cannot take 8
it and not to wind the strap around his/her neck.
Q)
Never drop dry cells in a fire. Also, do not jumper, disassemble,
or overheat the dry cells.
you may be injured or the ambient may be contaminated.
viewfinder.
8 To avoid an electrical shock, never plug in or remove the
syncro cord when water drops, the moisture is too high, or your
hands are wet.
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WARNING
If
done, the cells may explode and
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FEATURES
Thank you for your purchase of the Sekonic Multimaster L-408.
It features:
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Built-in non-parallax viewfinder with 5 degree acceptance
angle.
0 Built-in viewfinder eliminates parallax error caused by separate
viewfinders.
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Built-in design eliminates troublesome viewfinder mounting and removal
in the field.
2.
Unique, new combination of Lumisphere and Lumidisc.
l All operations directly on meter body.
Reduces workload, speeds operation and removes risk of losing
accessories.
l Fast and accurate light balancing reading because the unit features an
exclusive, retracting Lumisphere which allows fast, accurate light
balancing readings, while eliminating the need for additional accessories.
3. Water-resistant.
l The first photographic apparatus that has the water-resistant construction.
Stands up to dirty, sooty, damp industrial locations and wet weather,
outdoors.
4. Aperture or shutter speed priority.
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Aperture or shutter speed priority can be selected according to choice.
Both modes are available for ambient light reading.
5.
Memory function is useful for subject contrast measurement,
0 The three memory values are displayed on the LCD analog scale to
provide simple balancing of light and subject contrasts.
6. Multiple flash measurement.
0 When a single flash is insufficient to illuminate a subject, repeated flash
exposures on the same film frame or sheet of film will build exposure to
the correct level and the cumulative effect of these exposures can be
accurately measured by the meter.
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CONTENTS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
FEATURES
Parts Designations
Display
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2-1
2-2 Light-receiving indicator
2-3 Viewfinder information
Mode Selection
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3-1
3-2
Light-receiving Method
4.
4-1
Incident light metering (with eyepiece cover closed)
4-2 Reflected light metering (with eyepiece cover open)
Preparation for Measurement
5.
5-1 Mounting a type-AA battery
5-2
5-3
5-4 ISO film speed setup ...............................................................
5-5 Light-receiving method setup ......................
5-6
5-7
5-8
Ambient Light Measurement
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Mode selection ......................................................................
6-1
6-2 Measuring switch ...................................................................
6-3 Shutter speed priority setup
6-4 Measurement .........................................................................
6-5 Data memory .........................................................................
6-6 Contrast measurement ..........................................................
7.
Flash Measurement with Cord
7-1 Single flash measurement
7-2 Data memory .........................................................................
7-3 Cumulative flash measurement
7-4 Contrast measurement
8.
Flash Measurement without Cord
8-1 Single flash metering
8-2 Data memory
8-3 Cumulative measurement
8-4 Contrast measurement
9.
Other Metering Operations
9-1 Exposure index correction
9-2 Using your L-408 as an illumination meter
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Specifications
Instructions and Maintenance Notes
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LCD panel ...............................................................................
Switching between lumisphere UP and DOWN positions
Switching between incident and reflected light metering
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Battery check ................................................................
Auto Power OFF ......................................................................
Measurement mode setup ......................................................
Shutter speed priority setup ...................................................
Aperture priority setup ...........................................................
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1. Parts Designations
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Light-receiving indicator- _ ____
receiving element)
display (LCD) panel
Objective lens cover
POWER switch
Measuring switch
UP/DOWN button
Mode selector
F/EV/MULTI selector
’ Synchro terminal
Viewfinder
Eye-piece
cover
Memory
button
Battery case cover lock
2. Display
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2.1 LCD panel
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Mode selection
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Ambient light measurement
Flash measurement without cord
Flash measurement with cord
The mode symbols are switched in the following sequence:
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Aperture/EV/Battery/Others
“b.c”
Battery capacity 2‘:“; See Page 7.
Aperture value (Indicated by a number
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and dots
Aperture-priority measurement
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xposure value (Indicated by a number
and dots
Eu
Under exposure
Eo
Over exposure
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The mark flashes during Reflected Light
Metering. See Page 6.
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See Page 11.
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See Page 11.
One full stop is shown by 9 bars.
A single bar indicates one tenth stop.
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Number of cumulative flashes
When the flash is fired, this mark appears and the measurement times are
acccumulated. More than 10 measurement causes the “E” (error) mark to
appear.
See Pages 15 and 18.
IS0 film speed
The film speed of IS0 3 to 8000 is shown.
See Page 8.
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Analog display
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Underexposure
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Overexposure
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Aperture (A bar or dot indicates 0.5 stop.)
The analog display can be switched to memory dot
display using the memory function.
See Page
Measuring-level adjustment
This mark appears when the measuring-level
adjustment is carried out. See Page 20.
T Shutter speed or film frame count (F. P. S.)
M Shutter speed in minutes
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Shutter speed in seconds
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Number of frames per second
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Shown during exposure index correction.
See Page 20.
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2.2 Light-receiving indicator
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Slide the eyepiece cover up or down to set metering to either incident light or reflected
light (with 5-degree viewfinder metering).
Light
receiving
indicator
Incident light metering
Reflected light metering
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2.3 Viewfinder information
Circle e) indicates 5 degree spot measurement. Center spot @ is for
of spot measurement.
Viewfinder information
positioning
3. Mode Selection
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light and
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Your
L-408 can measure both incident and reflected light in both ambient
flash
(strobe or bulb) modes. You can switch the modes as follows:
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3.1
Switching between incident metering and reflected light
[Measured
See Page 11
light)
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speed priority measurement
(Can be stored in memory)i
Exposure priority measurement 1
(Cannot be stored in memory)
metering (with 5-degree viewfinder metering)
Slide the eyepiece cover closed for incident light metering, or open the eyepiece cover
for reflected light metering.
Incident light metering (with cover closed)
Caution Set the eyepiece cover at the top or button click position only.
Otherwise, the LCD markings (entire display) will blink and you cannot
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Reflected light metering (with cover open)
3.2 Switching between lumisphere up and down positions
Manually rotate the lumisphere UP/DOWN ring counterclockwise to move the
lumisphere up. You can now start incident light metering.
Rotate the ring clockwise to retract the lumisphere for balancing light metering.
Lumisphere
up position
@6%$ Set the lumisphere UP/DOWN ring to one of the dot marked positions.
Any other position will result in incorrect metering.
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Lumisphere
down position
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