Gossen MetraWatt lunasix Instruction Manual

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Operoting Inslructions ond ExposureMonuql

Quid<
Reference
to fhe IU NASlX
poge
Quick
Referenceto lhe LUNASIX
. 2... 7
Thinking
ondMeosuring I ...l7
Review
of Subiects ...... l8...36
(see
poge
47)
TechnicolAppendix .. .
.. 37...45
Color-Finder .
.. . 46...47
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Slide
with
diffusorsohere
for
incidentlightmeosurement
with window for reflected
, lightmeosurement
Symbol
for incidentlight
ond
reflectedIight meosuremente
@
Indicotion
volues
(3)
Pointer
@
Exposure
times
@
Cine
volues
(f
romes
per second)
Apertureuolue,
@
DINvolues
@
Knurledsetting
ringfor .
indicoting.voIues
g",th,E
(Q,)
yellow
sco
le ( l6) -
@
@
@
Redcolibrotionmork
for bottery checkonly
Scole
divisions
upper
o for reodings 1...12
lower O for reodings
12...22
Tumble
swifch
@ nsnvolues
@ v"rlowscole
Settingdisc
for
exposure
index
Red
figures:
exposure
volues
."3:f''"f
.['":l@

Correct
position
of the 2 botteries
@ Cotoortment for botteries
Knurled
plote
for
checking
the botteries
Toble
of colibrotion
volues
in Luxond footcond
les
@ Zuro
settingscrew
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lntroduction
tothe tUNASIX
TheLUNA isthelotest
intheline
of
the
SIXTUS,SIXTOMAT,
SIXON,SIXTRY,
fomous
monufocturers
LUNASIX
is
ihe nome
given
to this
conmeosure
relioblyonylightfrom
At lost,here
is on Exposure
Meter
exposure
meosurement.
"SlX"
Exposure
ondColour
SIXTINO
ond
SIXTICOLOR
Temperoture
Meters
-
- mode
bythe
world-
Gf\ Erlongen
finest of oll Expoiure Melers becouse
the SIX
thepolest
moonlight
to ihe brightest
sunlight.
to breok through oll the borriers formerly restricting

Quick
Reference
tothe L
U
N
ASIX
1S"ffing
*" flrn "tpor*" ind"l
Turnthecleor
plostic
disc
(15)
bv
meons
of the ribsuntil
the index
numberof your
filmoppeors
in
ihe
DIN
or ASA window
(7114)
ond
the
whiteorrow
points
to thotwindow.
You
will
findo
DIN/ASAConversion
Tobleon poge 39.
2
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Reflected
Light: Move the slide (1)
ot the front
of the meter io the right-hond side until it
clicksinto position,
ond the LUNASIXis now
reodyto operote. Point
the LUNASIX towords
the subiect os the orrow shows in the illus-
trotion.
Incidenllight: Move the slide (l) to the left-
hond side until it clicksinto position
with the
white incidentspherenow in the middle. The
LUNASIX is pointed from the subiecttowords
ihe comero os ihe orrow shows in the illus-
trotion.

Meqsuring
Pressthelower
hump
of the
tumble
switch
(12)
ondreleose
it ossoon
osthe
pointer(4)
hos
cometo rest.Now lhe pointer (4)
is lockedond the reoding con be ioken.
Shouldthe pointer
register
lessthon the scolevolue l2 when fhe lower humpof the tumble
switch(12)
is pressed,
then press
ihe upper hump of ihe tumble switch.
Wiih this operotion
you switch
inihe low-lightronge.
Woit ogoin until
the poinier (4)
hoscome
to rest
ond stop
thescolevoluewhile releosing
the
swiich.
!ftheilluminotionissoweok thot
you ore unoble
to see
thereoding
thothosbeen
recorded,
press
the fumble switchfor o few seconds.
When you releoseit, you ore oble to reqd ihe
resultelsewhereunder
betfer
light
conditions.
When pressing
lhe upperhump of thetumble
switch,
thevolues
1to12 oppeor in the upper
cui-outof the scole,the upper scoledivisions
belong to it.When pressing
the lower hump
of thetumbleswifch,
the
volues
12io22 oppeor in the lower cut-out
of the scole,
the lower
scole
divisionsbelong to this. lf you releosethe tumble switch
the correct
row of figures
remoinsto besee,n,i.e.
those
figures
which belcng to the before
switched-in
meosuring
ronge.
Your LUNASIXshowsolwoys lhe correctreodings.
Tronsfer this reoding to the yellow scole (16)
by iurning the knurled setting ring (8) until
the indicoted volue oppeors opposile thewhite mork.
Now you con reod the result - o row of combinotions of opertures ond times (6 ond 5)
exposurevolues
(17)
or fromes
persecond
for cine
(13).
See
olsopoge
38.
4
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I
Meosurement
- in
deroil I
With the reflectedlight method the LUNASIX
occepts
the reflected
light from subiects
within
o ce,rfoin
ongle.Thusihe meosurement
dependsnot only on ihe intensity
of the illuminotion
bui olsoon ihe coloursond the individuol
brighlness
of the subieclitself.
With identicol illuminotion
the pointer's
deflection
is greoter
with light subiectsthon with
dork subiects.The exposure
meler odds together
the different
single
detoilsof light ond
convertsthem to lhe overoge volue.
lf there ore exlreme controsts
of illuminoiion
ond colour, it is odvisoble to meosure
the
importont
portions
of the sceneto be photogrophed. In block-ond-white
photogrophy,
tor
exomple,
core shouldbe token lo ensure
odequote
detoil in the dork ports,
ond in colour
photogrophy
odequote
detoil in the lightporis.
Come closeto the subiect
but not so neor thot either your own shodow or ihot of the
LUNASIX
folls on the subiect. This
method iscolled the close-upmeosurement.
With ihe incident method - from the subiect towords the comero - the LUNASIX occepts
oll the lightfolling on the subiectfocing the comero. Here,
the colourof the subiect
or its
individuol
brightnessisnot tokeninto
considerotion.