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COTPOTEilTS

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Needle
A S A / D I ND i o l K n o b
Arrow Poinler
A S A / D l NS c o l e
S h u t t e rS p e e dS c o l e
f/stop Scole
C d SC e l l
H i g h / L o wS l i d i n gS w i t c h
EVScqle
I n c i d e n Lt i g h t F i l t e r
On/oe swirch
 B o l t e r y C h e c kB u t t o n
Z e r o A d j u s t i n gS c r e w
BolteryChqmber
N e c k - c o r dH o l d e r

SPECIFICATIONS
Meosuring s y s i e m :R e f l e c t eldi g h tt y p e
( w i t h b u i l t - i n p r o v i s i o nf o r i n c i d e n t
l i g h tt y p e )
A c c u r o c y' +l/3 f/stop
M e o s u r i n rgo n g e :
H i g hb r i g h t n e s sE: V 8 - 1 8 ( A S A 1 0 0 )
L o w b r i g h t n e s s : E V - 2 - 8 ( A S Al 0 0 l
L i g h tr e c e i v i nogn g l e , A p p r o x 3 . 0o
( r e 0 e c f e dl i g h t t y p e )
E V S c o l e: - 6 - 2 3
ASA Scole: 6-12,000
D I NS c o l e : 9 - 4 2
A p e r t u r es c o l e : I l 1 - 6 4
S h u t t esr c o l e : 3 0 m i n . - l / 4 0 0 0 s e c .
C i n es c o l e : 8 - 6 4 f p s
C o l i b r o t i o nC o n s t o n:t K : I . 3
C:25.5
Size: 92x 58X 36mm
Weight: 2l0g
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 BETORE
USI]IGSEKO]IIC
APEX
|. Z e r o S e l t i n gr 2, M e r c u r yB o t l e r y :

:** 0:,.
XOillCco..rro. i4AOTIN JAPAI{
,l.3
T h e m e t e r r e q u i r e so voli mercury bottery such
o s M o l l o r y P X - 13 , R M - 6 2 5 o r t h e e q u i v o l e n t ,
w h i c h n o r r n o l l y l o s t sf o r o b o u t o y e o r o n d o h o l f .
Keep the bottery out of the meter when the meter
i s n o t i n u s e i n o r d e r t o o v o i d p o s s i b l ed o m o g e
The needle should indicote zero when the light is from corrosionof the bottery.
completely shut oft ihe meter held upright. To To test the bottery for sufficient strengih, press the
set the needle to the zero, remove the bottery ond ON/OFF switch ond olso the red button on the
bock of the meier ot the some time ond see if the
slowly turn the zero odiusting screw on the bock needle swings up to ihe red mork on the scole
o f t h e m e t e r w h i l e p r e s s i n gt h e O N / O F F s w i t c h . olote.
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 HOWIO USESEKO]IIC
APEX
l. Settingthe Speed of Your Film:

R
t0
't6
20
32
40
tt
::: 68
Po lll 80
125
u) ,.,: r60
& : . 250
320
530
640
r,000
W i t h t h u m b so f b o t h h o n d s ,t u r n t h e k n o b s o n t h e |,250
d i o l t o s h o w c o r r e c tA S A ( o r D I N ) n u m b e ro l i g n e d
2,000
with the block line by the ASA (DlN) Index 2,500
Window. 4,000
5 , 0 00
8 , 0 00
i0,000
2. H i g h o r L o w B r i g h t n e s sR o n g e : 3. R e o d i n gl h e S c o l e :

for High Ronge

f o r H i g hR o n g e

Aim ihe meter ot the subject ond press the ON/

for Low Ronge OFF Switch Buttonto permit the needle to deflect
ond indicoteo certoin point on the light scole.
S l i d i n g S w i t c h c h o n g e sm e o s u r i n g r o n g e o f b r i g t - Then, remove your finger off ihe button to lock
ness. In dim condition, slide the switch fully to the needleond note the reoding on the scole. The
"L"
the right showing mork on the frome for the f i g u r e so n i h e u p p e r s i d e o f t h e l i g h t s c o l ef r o m ' l
" "
l o w r o n g e . O i h e r w i s e , k e e p t h e s w i t c ht o t h e l e f t t o 1 1 f o l l o w i n g L o r e f o r l o w b r i g h t n e s sr o n g e
" " "1"
with H mork to oppeor on the frome. lt is to reod when the Sliding Bor Switchshows
odvisoble olwoys to try the high ronge first unless os described in the preceedingporogroph. The
it is very dork, ond switch to the low ronge only figures on lhe lower side ore for high brightness
when ihe needlefoils io defleci. ronge.
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4. Colculotioo
nf Exposure:
Rototeihe lorge knurledouter diol to show the
reodingof the needleon the light scoleiustunder
the Arrow Pointeron the diol.

F o r e x o m p l e ,i f t h e n e e d l ei n d i c o i e sI 3 o n t h e
h i g hr o n g e w
, i t h t h e A S A I n d e xs e t o t I 0 0 , t h e n ,
s h o w t h i s r e o d i n g( i 3 ) r i g h t u n d e r t h e A r r o w
Pointerso ihot you con get ony combinotionof
,.t'J
ShutterSpeedond {/Stop indicotedon the diols,
,It l,l for exomple, 11250 secondot f12. Any com-
.'t5
binotion of shutterspeed ond f/stops opposite
eochotheron the exposureconirol diol will give
the some correctexposu
re; 1 ll25 second,f/2.8 ;
1/60 second,ll4t 1130 second,f/5.6 etc. The
combinotionyou selectdependson whetheryou

K;
!s,, wont o fost shutterspeed (with its corresponding
l o w e r f / s t o p n u m b e rt)o s t o po c t i o no c c u r r i n gi n
the scene;or deptho{ field with o higherf/stop
c,!t
P numberond its slowershuttersoeed,
5. T h e" 2 " o n d " I 1 2 " P o s i t i o n : 6. M o t i on P i ctures:

I l so

\I
Gps.)
L.
" " "
T h e 2 o n d 1 1 2 " p o s i t i o n sw h i c h r e p r e s e n to
b r i g h t n e s sr o t i o o f 4 t o I c o n b e o f g r e o l v o l u e
in exposingfor color ghots. Attempt to hove the Meosure the light ond set the diol os instructed
" "
primory colors of interest foll between the 2 in the porogrophs 2-4. Cine speeds ronging
"1/2"
ond p o s i t i o n sf o r m o s t f o i t h f u l r e n d e r i n g from 8-64 f r o m e s - p e r - s e c o n do r e g i v e n i n t h e
of thosecolors. While most color filmsnow hove s h u t t e rs p e e d s c o l e ,o s i l l u s t r o t e do b o v e .
o lotitude thot exceeds this rotio, if the primory Find the cine speedused by your comero ond reod
"2" "
colorsfoll within the ond 112" positions t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n gf i g u r e o n t h e f / s t o p s c o l e . T h i s
you con then be ossured thot the bolonce of the is the proper f/stop for your comero.
s c e n ew i l l b e p r o p e r l y e x p o s e d w i t h i n t h e l i m i t s o f
the film you ore using. S t o n d o r d s p e e d f o r R e g u l o r - 8i s l 6 f p s . , o n d f o r
I n c o s eo f b l o c k o n d w h i t e f i l m , t h e p o i n t m o r k e d S u p e r - 81 8 f p s .
"
1 1 2 " p r o v i d e so c o n v e n i e nw t o y o f h o l v i n gn o r -
" "
m o l e x p o s u r ef o r f l o t s c e n e ss u c ho s l o n d s c o p e s
where there is no extreme controst between high-
"
l i g h t so n d s h o d o w s . T h e p o i n t m o r k e d 2 " p r o -
vides double normol exposure ond is used for
s c e n e so f v e r y h i g h c o n t r o s t s u c h o s b o c k l i g h t e d
s u b i e c t s . I n t h e s e i n s t o n c e s s, e t t h e l i g h t s c o l e t o
" " "
e i t h e r 1 1 2 " o r 2 i n s t e o do f t h e o r r o w D o i n t e r .
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 7. Reflected Light or Incident Light:
R e f l e c t e dl i g h t i s l i g h t r e f l e c t e df r o m t h e s u b j e c tt o t h e c o m e r o . I n c i d e n tl i g h t i s t h e l i g h t w h i c h o c t u o l l y
f o l l s o n t h e s u b i e c t b e f o r e i t i s r e f l e c t e d . M e o s u r e m e n to f e i t h e r r e f l e c t e do r i n c i d e n t l i g h t c o n b e u s e d
to determinecorrect exposure.
S e k o n i c A p e x i s b o s i c o l l y d e s i g n e d f o r r e f l e c t e dl i g h t , b u t c o n o l s o b e c o n v e r t e d t o r e o d i n c i d e n t l i g h t
s i m p l y b y s l i d i n g t h e l n c i d e n tL i g h t F i l t e r .

o
b0

.\(

T o t o k e i n c i d e n tl i g h t r e o d i n g , m o v e t h e o p o q u e , T o t o k e r e f l e c t e d l i g h t r e o d i n g s ,s l i d e t h e f i l t e r
s e m i - c i r c u l o rf i l t e r f u l l y t o t h e l e f t c o v e r i n g t h e b o c k t o t h e r i g h t , u n c o v e r i n gt h e C d S c e l l . H o l d
CdS cell. Hold the meter in the some olone os the meter in the some plone ond direction os the
t h e c o m e r o l e n so n d o o i n t t h e m e t e r f o w q r d t h e comero lens, ond point the meter loword lhe
camero. subiecl.
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 EXPOSURE
FORCORRECT
BASICIhETHODS
l. The Comero PositionMethod:
Thisis o simpleond quickmethodof usingyour meterond usuollyusedfor mostoutdoorgenerolscenes.

Hold the meter oiming

t o w o r d t h e s c e n ef r o m
the comero position.
Point the meter down
s l i g h t l yt o o v o i d r e o d -
ing sky oreos which
will give infloted vol-
ues ond couse under-
exposure. Set the or-
row on the exposure
c o n t r o ld i o l t o t h e l i g h t
reoding obtoiend, for
e x o m p e 1 3 . S e l e c to n y
combinotion o{ f/stop
ond shutter speed op-
p o s i t ee o c h o t h e r ( r e f e r
"Cul-
to the porogroph
c u l o t i o n o f E x p o s u r e " .f
2. The Close-Up Method:

This methodshouldbe used for portroits or

ony scene where there is but one obiect of
interestond the bockground is of no im-
porronce.

I n g e n e r o l ,t h e m e t e r r e o d i n g s h o u l d b e t o k e n
o b o u t s i x i n c h e sf r o m t h e s u b i e c t , b u t i n n o
cose should the meter be held forther owoy
t h o n t h e s u b i e c t ' ss m o l l e s d
t imension.
S e t t h e n o r m o l o r r o w o n t h e -e x p o s u r e c o n -
t r o l d i o l t o t h i s r e o d i n g o n d s e l e c to n y c o m -
b i n o t i o n o f { / s t o p o n d s h u t t e rs p e e d o p p o s i t e
eoch other.
When the meter reoding is token from o
" "
p e r s o n ' sf o c e s e t t h e 2 p o s i t i o no n t h e d i o l
to the reoding insteod of normol orrow.
S e l e c t t h e c o m e r o s e t t i n g si n t h e u s u o l m o n -
ner. lf the shodow of the meter or your
h o n d i s c o s t o n t h e s u b i e c tb e s u r e n o t t o i n -
clude it in the reoding.
3. The Brightness Ronge Method:

This is the most occurote method for deter-

m i n i n g t h e c o r r e c t e x p o s u r eo f s c e n e sc o n s i s t -
ing of o wide ronge of bright ond dork light
volues.

T o k e t w o c l o s e - u pr e o d i n g s ,o n e f o r t h e d o r k -
est obiect ond one for the brightest. ln
c o l o r p h o t o g r o p h y ,b l o c k o n d w h i t e o r e n o t
c o n s i d e r e dc o l o r s o n d s h o u l d n o t b e m e o s u r -
ed. Set the normol orrow midwoy between
t h e t w o v o l u e sm e o s u r e d . T h i sw i l l g i v e o n
overogeexposure.
F o r e x o m p l e , o s s u m et h e d o r k e s to b i e c t r e o d s
I I ( A ) o n d t h e b r i g h t e s tl 5 ( B ) . T h e n o r m o l
orrow is set midwoy between(A) ond (B) ot
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 4. Substitute Reodings:

l f y o u r s u b i e c ti s i n o c c e s s i b l ef o r o c l o s e - u p
r e o d i n g s s, u b s t i t u t er e o d i n g so f n e o r b y s i m i l o r
o b i e c t si n t h e s o m e l i g h t .
N e o r b y t r e e s t o r t r e e s i n t h e s c e n e ,r o c k sf o r
r o c k s ,e t c .
For this reoding, incident light method is
more convenieni.

5. E x t r e m eL o w L i g h t R e o d i n g s :

lf the needle does not move even ofter the

reoding ronge hos been switched over to
LOW, set the ASA scole to 115 the ASA
number for your film ond then ploceo white
(-'1
poper on the surfoceof the subiect. Next,
(i
m e o s u r e t h i s o t o d i s t o n c eo f 4 t o 6 i n c h e s t

from the subiect, using the reflected light

fl
O *
o0 m e o s u r i n gm e t h o d .
li
Exomple: In cose of ASA 400 film, set the
V, ASA index ot 80 ond toke reoo-
.v ing from white poper.
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6. Copying:

Arronge two floodlightsot o 45o ongle to

the work to be copied, so thot the light
f r o m e o c h f o l l s e v e n l y o n t h e s u b i e c tt o b e
p h o t o g r o p h e d . T h e n c o v e r t h e s u r f o c ew i t h o
piece of wihte cordboord of opproximotely
the some size. Point the meter downword,
d i r e c t l y o t t h e s u b i e c t ,o b o u t 6 i n c h e sf r o m
it. Move the meter over the entire oreo to
be photogrophed, wotching for needle de-
flection. Re-orronge your lights until the
needle stoys in one position os the meter
s c o n st h e s u b i e c t .

Toke o close-up reoding on the white cord-

boord, using the reflected light meosuring
m e t h o d . A n d d i v i d e t h e f i l m e x p o s u r ei n d e x
"
by 5 (refer to the porogroph Extreme Low
Light Reodings").

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