The Sekonic L-758Cine DIGITALMASTER is the ultimate light-measuring tool for cinematographers, videographers as well as digital still shooters.
Offering the most extensive range of fps (frames-per-second), cine shutter speeds, and shutter angle settings, it meets and excedes the demands of Professional Cinematographers as well as Professional Still Photographers.
It is the first to offer a 1° parallax-free spot viewfinder with a digital display. A built-in retractable incident Lumisphere for standard or cosine corrected light readings, provides both hemispherical and narrow angle readings. The L-758Cine DUALMASTER will handle any lighting situation.
It offers foot-candle, lux, foot-lambert and cd/m2 measuring modes plus cine shutter speeds from 1 to 1000 fps and shutter angle settings from 1° to 270°.
The L-758Cine DIGITALMASTER features a rectangular 1° parallax-free spot viewfinder. In dim or bright light situations, the L-758Cine DIGITALMASTER's spot viewfinder displays shutter speeds, aperture and more. The built-in spot meter measures both reflected ambient, flash or combined lighting. The optical finder also features an eyepiece with an adjustable diopter.
Electronic flash units and/or cameras can be triggered wirelessly with the optional plug-in digital radio Transmitter module (compatible with all PocketWizard Digital Radios). Simultaneous triggering and measuring of flash units up to 100 feet away is possible.
With its new easy-to-use Selective Quad-Triggering control (4 zone lighting control), the L-758Cine DUALMASTER offers quick selection of which flash unit to trigger and measure independently with a touch of a key. Now you can individually measure several flash units wirelessly by the touch of the meter's measuring button, without walking over to each light and turning it on or off.
Up to nine readings can be memorized and displayed on the analog scale independently in incident or spot metering modes in both Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes. Using Memory recall and clear, you may review all memorized readings individually on main display and selectively delete individual readings, or clear all simultaneously.
Both shutter speeds and apertures can be displayed in either full, 1/2 or 1/3-step increments plus 1/10 stop units to match your film or digital camera; selecting these increments is quick and easy with custom software menu settings.
Since no two digital cameras, camera and light meter or different types of films are likely to agree on exactly the same exposure, they need to be matched to one standard. Sekonic has recognized the need for this and created the first programmable light meter.
The L-758Cine can compensate for variation in exposure accuracy caused by different ISO settings, light sources, measuring methods and even file formats. In addition, the dynamic range of a camera sensor can be stored and displayed on the meter's LCD screen.
Features
Exposure Profiling
Up to three digital camera exposure profiles can be stored and recalled. Once selected, the L-758 series can recall an exposure profile (from a digital camera or film) and display the dynamic range and clipping point on the aperture scale or EV scale. Any compensation value that is required to match the camera sensitivity is loaded into the appropriate measuring mode and automatically applied to all measurements.
L-758 can compensate and be calibrated to the sensitivity of your D-SLR, digital back or favorite film. Exposure latitude warning indicator, alert the photographers when the lighting situation is exceeding the dynamic range of the camera or film before the image is captured.
To ensure repeatable accurate and consistent results for tonal range and digital exposure or film control, put the power of control in the palm of your hand, DIGITALMASTER.
* Please click brochure to download for L-758 series, or Exposure profiling for some represented cameras.
Data Transfer Software
The L-758 series light meters have a USB port built-in to connect the light meter to a computer (Windows or MAC) with a USB cable. Exposure Profile Data is exchanged between the computer and the light meter using the Data Transfer Software, which enable the photographer to input the calibration compensation data directly in to the light meters programmable memory chip.
Data Transfer Software and Software Guide (Testing procedure, Image analyzing and Data entry) are preliminaly for still photography use.
Up to nine measured values can be memorized in both incident and reflected modes independently or combined
L-758 series can memorize measured values in both incident and reflected modes independently or combined. When the memorized values are combined it is possible to take a mid-tone measurement using the Lumisphere in incident mode, than take a spot highlight, and shadow measurement by simply switching to reflected measuring mode.
Highlight and shadow tones can be measured and quickly viewed to determine if there are within the Dynamic range or Clipping points of the digital camera or type of film being used. In addition, the Mid.Tone value can be shifting to adjust the highlight or shadow to be within the range required.
1 Degree Spot with Digital Display
The rectangular 1º spot viewfinder displays f-stops, shutter speed, percentage of flash and much more with an EL (Electronic-Luminescent) digital display.
It can instantly be switched from incident to spot measurement mode. With its super sensitive sensor, the L-758 series can measure the reflected flash output down to an amazing f/2.0 and ambient measurements as low as EV1.
Flash Analyzing Function
The ambient light, flash light and total amount of light are each displayed on the analog scale, and the ratio of flash light to the total amount of light is displayed at that time as a value in 10 % steps. Now you can take ambient, flash or mixed lighting exposure measurements without fumbling with meter modes, switches or different displays.
Flash Radio Trigger Function with Wireless Radio Transmitter Module
With the radio transmitter module plugged into the meters radio compartment and a receiver (PocketWizard® products; Plus, Plus ll or MultiMax receivers/transceivers) connected to one or more electronic flash units, the meter provides a convenient system that enables one person working alone to measure flash output without the need of a sync cord. Pressing the measuring button simultaneously triggers the flash and measures the light.
L-758DR has a built-in transmitter module, and L-758D has optional transmitter module.
(Only CE version of L-758D is available)
NOTE:
The Wireless flash triggering system may be used only in countries where a permit for the control frequency has been issued by the government office in charge. There are several kinds of frequencies in the world, and we recommend you check if your transmitter(s) and receiver(s) are compatible each other.
Full, 1/2 or 1/3 Step Selectable Readings
Both shutter speeds and apertures can be displayed in full, 1/2 or 1/3 step increments to accommodate most camera manufacturer's settings.
Auto Backlight
Electro-Luminescent Display lights up automatically in low light. (6EV or less)
Step Up Ring (Lens Hood)
The step up ring makes it possible to attach different diameter filters using the appropriate step-up adapters in front of the 1º spot lens (up to 40.5mm filter thread). It also acts as a lens hood preventing erroneous light measurement caused by lens glare and flare.
All-Weather Design
This meter has an All-whether design to endure rugged outdoor condition.
(JIS standard water resistance class 4)
Retractable Lumisphere
You can select extended lumisphere (for 3-D object) or retracted lumisphere (for flat object) at one touch of a rotating the lumisphere retracting ring. Extended Lumisphere
Custom Setting
The Custom Setting mode provides a quick and easy setup of individual meter preferences.
L-758DR/D have14 settings and the L-758CINE has 17settings.
Specifications
| Type | Dual readout digital light meter for ambient and flash, incident and reflected light. |
| Light receiving method | Incident light and reflected light |
| Incident light | Retractable and rotatable. |
| Reflected light | 1° spot with display in finder |
| Reflected Metering distance | 3.3' to infinity ( 1m to infinity) |
| Light receptor element | 2-Silicon photo diodes (incident and reflected) |
| Metering modes |
| Ambient light | Simple illumination measurement (lux, foot-candle) Simple brightness measurement(foot-lambert, cd/m2) Aperture priority metering Shutter priority metering EV metering |
| Flash | With synchro cord (cumulative and non-cumulative) Without synchro cord (cumulative and non-cumulative) Measurement using the optional wireless flash radio triggering system (cumulative and non-cumulative) |
| Radio Triggering (Optional) |
| Radio technology | Complex 16/24 bit digitally coded |
| Range | Up to 100 feet from transmitter to receiver |
| Channels | 1 to 16 channels standard, 17 to 32 Quad Triggering, signal, selectable individual triggering |
| Radio wave frequency | USA & Canada (FCC & IC): CH1-CH16 344.00MHz CH17-CH32 346.50 354.00MHz |
| Europe (EU) | CH1-CH16 433.62MHz CH17-CH32 434.22MHz |
| Measuring Range (ISO 100) |
| Ambient light | Incident light: EV-2 to EV 22.9 Reflected light: EV 1 to EV 24.4 with 1° spot viewfinder |
| Flash | Incident light: f/0.5 to f/161.2 (approx. f/175) Reflected light: f/2.0 to f/161.2 (approx. f/175) with 1° spot viewfinder |
| Illumination | 0.63 - 190,000 lux (2 significant digits) 0.10 - 180,000 foot-candle (2 significant digits) |
| Brightness | 0.25 - 190,000 cd/m2 (2 significant digits) 0.07 - 190,000 foot-lambert (2 significant digits) |
| Repeat Accuracy | +/- 0.1 EV or less |
| Calibration Constant | Incident light metering: Lumisphere C = 340 - Retracted C = 250 - Reflected light metering: K = 12.5 |
| Display Range |
| Film speed | ISO 3 to 8000 (in 1/3 steps) |
| Shutter Speeds | Ambient: 30 minutes to 1/8000 second (full, 1/2 or 1/3 steps) plus 1/200, 1/400 Cine speeds: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 24, 25, 30, 32, 36,40, 48, 50, 60, 64, 72, 75, 90, 96, 100, 120, 125, 128, 150, 200, 240, 250, 256, 300, 360, 375, 500, 625, 750, 1000 frames per second
Flash: 30 minutes to 1/1000 second (full, 1/2 or 1/3 steps) plus 1/75, 1/80, 1/90, 1/100, 1/200 and 1/400 |
| Aperture | f/0.5 to f/161.2 (in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 stop) |
| EV | EV -9.9 to EV 46.6 (in 1/10 stop) |
| Aperture display | Analog scale : f/0.5 to f/128 (in 1/3 step) Digital display: f/0.5 to f/161.2 (in fill,1/2 and 1/3 steps) |
| Shutter angle | 1°to 10°in 1°increments, from 15° to 270° in 5° increments plus 12°,17°,22°,144°and 172° |
| Shutter Speed display | 4 seconds to 1/4000 second (in 1/3 stop) |
| EV Range | EV (-)9.9 to EV 46.6 (in 1/10 steps) |
| Filter compensation | ±5.0EV for incident and reflected independently (in 1/10 steps) |
| Filter factor numbers | 85, -n3, -n6, -n9, -A3, -A6 and -A9 |
| Other features |
| All-weather feature | Water-resistant splash-proof design. JIS standard water resistance class 4, splash-proof type |
| Memory function | 9 readings on analog scale (f/stop and shutter speed) with memory recall and clear feature |
| Average function | Up to 9 readings can be averaged |
| Brightness Difference function | +/- 9.9EV (in 1/10 stops) flash or ambient light evaluation |
| Flash analyzing function | Displays percentage of flash in total exposure in 10% increments |
| Multiple flash function | Unlimited flash readings |
| Average function | Average up to 9 flash and ambient readings |
| Exposure Out of Range | E.u (underexposure) or E.o (overexposure) indication |
| Exposure compensation | ± 9.9EV for incident and reflected independently (in 1/10 steps) |
| Calibration compensation | ± 1.0EV for incident and reflected (in 1/10 stop) |
| Battery Power Indicator display | With 3 level status icon |
| Auto Power Off | Shuts down after 20 minutes of non-use |
| Auto illumination | EV 6 and under for 20 sec. |
| 1/4" Tripod socket | For placing meter in subject area for cordless flash measuring |
| Second ISO film speed setting | ISO 3 to 8000 (in 1/3 stop) |
| Diopter adjustment | -2.5 to 1.0d |
| Battery | One CR123A battery (3V Lithium dry cell); 60 hours |
| Operating temperature range | 14° to 122° F (-10° to 50° C) |
| Storage temperature range | -4° to 140° F (-20° to 60° C) |
| Custom programs | 17 custom program settings for frequently used features |
| Repeat accuracy | ±0.1EV or less |
| Dimensions | 3.5"W x 6.7"H x 1.9"D (90mmW x 170mmH x 48mmD) |
| Weight | 9.5oz (268gm) with battery |
Computer System Requirements
Windows
Supported
Operating
Systems | Windows 2000 *1
Windows XP *2
Windows VISTA *3 |
| Computer | Personal computer equipped with USB interface as standard *4 |
| CPU | Pentium III or higher with 1 GHz or higher |
| RAM | At least 256 MB (At least 512 MB recommended.) |
| Hard Disk Free | At least 100 MB |
| Display | Screen Resolution: At least 1024×768
Display Colors At least 16-bit |
- Professional Edition, SP4 or greater. Operation under Windows 2000 Server not guaranteed.
- Home Edition or Professional Edition, SP1 or later.
- Setting change in "Properties" needed after installation of application.
- The operating system must be the one preinstalled on the computer.
Proper operation may not be possible on certain computer models and configurations.
Proper operation is not guaranteed on a computer running an upgraded operating system, an add-on USB interface, a homemade computer, a shop-made computer, or on an emulator environment (such as Virtual PC).
Proper operation is not guaranteed over connection through a USB hub.
A drive capable of reading a CD-ROM is required to install the software.
Macintosh
Supported
Operating | Mac OS X 10.2 or greater *1 |
| Computer | Macintosh computer *2 equipped with USB interface as standard *3 |
| CPU | PowerPC G3,G4,G5 *2 |
| RAM | At least 256 MB (At least 512MB recommended.) |
| Hard Disk Free | At least 100 MB |
| Display | Screen Resolution: At least 1024×768
Display Colors: At least 16-bit |
- If you are using a Macintosh computer, be sure to use the Macintosh version of the software. Operation of the Windows version is not guaranteed when running under Virtual PC for the Mac and other emulator software.
- The Macintosh version is designed to run on a PowerPC only. Operation under a 68k or Intel CPU is not supported.
- The operating system must be the one preinstalled on your Macintosh.
- Proper operation may not be possible on certain Macintosh models and configurations.
Proper operation is not guaranteed on a Macintosh running an upgraded operating system or an add-on USB interface.
Proper operation is not guaranteed when using via a USB hub.
A drive capable of reading a CD-ROM is required to install the software.
Windows, Macintosh and other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies. Mention of these companies is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither and endorsement nor a recommendation. Sekonic assumes no responsibilities with regard to the performance or use of these products.
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