Other: Sony profiles for Sekonic light meters. Anyone got any?

Ben Scott

Ben Scott

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Ryan Walters has an F65 profile on his site but was wondering if anyone had built profiles for the FS7, F5 and F55 that they could share.
 
First off it'll make sure ISO 2000 represents the same thing on each, plus you can also map the target dynamic range for say, slog exposure and give yourself warnings about potential issues down the line.
 
To be honest I've not used it once yet and just expose by eye without much in the way of problems. Hopefully it's going to be more useful for me to work out contrast ratios and the like.
 
A meter is great if you are doing a pre light without the camera. It can really help you. I have the Sekonic 478 and created a profile for the C300 and hope to create one for the FS7 soon.
 
Hi Ben,

I've been using a Sekonic L-508 Zoom Master for ages. It's similar to the 758 except you can't load / save camera profiles with it.

My recommendation if you have the 758 is to go through the process of rating the camera yourself and therefore creating your own profile, not using someone else's.

There are a lot of reasons and variables that can skew results so if you go by someone else's profile you can be doing yourself injustice.

As for meter use in general, I would never work without one. I can work with my gaffer in advance to get the levels and ratios I need before cameras are even on-set or turned on.

Also once you go through the process of rating your camera ISO you can use the meter during location scouts and again be in tune with existing light levels well in advance of a shoot.
 
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Cheers Denis,

Yes you're absolutely right about doing it myself with my exact camera and glass etc. Just laziness I suppose :)

Would be good to have some C100, C300 and Blackmagic ones for the occasional times I have to use those on set as well out of the blue and don't have time/facility to make presets for them.

And agree completely that more and more there is a valid reason to still be making use of a meter in addition to the in-camera tools.
 
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