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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Sekonic 358 - 2 meters have different reading - Help


Hello

i just purchased a spare sekonic 358 meter

and when testing it both in ambient light and also with my strobe i am getting the new sekonic meter reading a stop over my older meter

i have a photo here to show you what settings i have

also the back of the meters are the same..

below is a photo

my older meter which i find accurate is the one on the left

only thing i can see visually is the sign about the small 8 - shown with a red arrow on photo

so i have no idea what is the matter

http://s42.photobucket.com/user/ilegales/media/SEK%20358_zpstrtsyurv.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

anyone have any suggestions

thanks



Apr 09, 2015 at 12:29 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Sekonic 358 - 2 meters have different reading - Help


The +/- compensation indicator is lit. Note that the 358 you can adjust compensation where that indicator is shown and also set a calibration offset which doesn't show this.

Have a read of the manual, it looks like this is the issue.



Apr 09, 2015 at 12:46 PM
ilegales
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sekonic 358 - 2 meters have different reading - Help


i have held down the 2 iso button which brings up the adjustment settings

on my older sekonic it was adjusted to -0.3



and to get the same reading on both meters i now have the new meter

adjustment set to -0.9



with those setting i can now get exactly the same readings



but is this normal....that there can be a -0.6 difference between the 2 meters...

i am trying to see if the new meter is ok



thanks



Apr 09, 2015 at 01:08 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sekonic 358 - 2 meters have different reading - Help


ok so i think that now the meter is getting me the same reading
i have adjusted both calibration and exposure adjustments

now the difference is -0.3 between the two

so thanks all -



Apr 09, 2015 at 03:56 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Sekonic 358 - 2 meters have different reading - Help


Yes, this is normal. That's why you're able to adjust them. It's more or less when different brands of film were more or less sensitive. Now it's even more important as we have digital cameras that are more or less sensitive ar the same ISO's. And just wait until you start to notice one of your lenses seems a bit brighter at f2 than your others.


Apr 30, 2015 at 06:14 AM





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