[Frameworks] Bolex Light Meter

[Nathaniel Draper]

I use a Sekonic L-208, which comes with a cold-shoe mount and fits comfortably on top of the Bolex. It’s an incident meter, but the diffuser slides away and it can operate as a reflected light meter as well. It’s kind of like a dumbed-down version of the Studio Deluxe, and I find it’s pretty simple and very fast to get a reading. It only has photo camera speeds marked, but since a Bolex shutter is 1/65th of a second at 24fps (right?), the mark at 1/60 is a fair approximation.

The only down side is that the right-side button is a little hard to access when it’s mounted on the camera, but otherwise it’s great — and relatively cheap. If you had a 90-degree shoe adaptor to mount it sideways, it would be even better.

-Nathaniel


> On Apr 24, 2023, at 4:32 AM, Todd Eacrett <hellbox at antimatter.ca> wrote:
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> There are a plethora of modern shoe-mount meters out there, but they're generally designed for view- or range-finder 35mm still cameras (Leica, etc) and too wide to fit on a Bolex. 
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> Not exactly "modern," but how about the 60-year-old Gossen-built purpose-made Bolex meter? It sits in the cold shoe and is calibrated for the reflex light loss. I still use one (accurate according to my fancy digital meter) and it works as well as "sunny 16" when I'm in a hurry. 
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> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, at 10:50 AM, Julian Antos wrote:
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a small, modern light meter that could be mounted to a Bolex (or any other 16mm camera, for that matter)?
>> My current setup for my "home movies" is either a Sekonic Studio Deluxe II, which is wonderful and accurate but I still fumble around with if I need a reading in a hurry, or my iPhone with the Cine-Meter app, which is accurate enough for my purposes when calibrated to the Sekonic meter, but again is still a bit of a nuisance to use if I need a reading in a real hurry.
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>> The answer is probably just that I should get quicker at using these devices, but it also seems that the perfect solution must have been devised for this. Also curious to hear what other people may be using.
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