Spectra Cine PRO V Publicity Meter with TFT Show

The Spectra Cine PRO V Publicity Meter with TFT Show was designed to exactly measure mild depth, overlaying illuminance ranges starting from 0.01 to 1,000,000 lux, with a sensitivity vary extending to almost 100 million to at least one.

Cinematographers can use the meter to measure ambient mild instantly in f/stops, foot-candles, and lux.

The Spectra Skilled V Mild Meter structure is predicated on its predecessor the Spectra Skilled IV-A Mild Meter expertise, which was awarded a number of awards together with Technical “OSCAR” and Engineering “EMMY” and has been the Normal within the movement image trade for over 30 years and over 20 thousand meters are used worldwide since its introduction.

It contains a trans-impedance and multiple-range linear circuit, making it the widest dynamic vary circuit out there in a handheld meter design. The meter is designed to measure from 100 million to at least one or 0.01 to 1,076,400 lux, making it appropriate for a variety of functions.

In case you are not accustomed to Spectra Cine meters they’ve been the trade customary and the selection of execs for the previous 50 years. Spectra have acquired a number of Worldwide Engineering Awards together with Award of Excellent Achievement in Engineering improvement  from the American Society of Lighting Designers, Technical Academy Award from Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences and Primetime Engineering Emmy from the Academy of Tv Arts and Sciences for the design, improvement and manufacture of technically superior merchandise vital to those industries.

The Spectra Cine PRO V Publicity Meter contains a 2.8″ TFT colour touchscreen LCD show and a built-in USB-C serial interface that can be utilized to connect with an influence financial institution, for software program updates, and information streams.

The Spectra Cine Skilled V Mild Meter measures incident and mirrored mild with the 1-degree spot attachment, making it appropriate to be used in quite a lot of settings.

You need to use the meter to measure ambient mild instantly in f/stops, foot-candles, or lux. The F/cease measuring vary extends from f/0.35 to f/128 in 1/10-stops increments, and an analog bar graph vary from f/0.7 to f/45 in 1/3-stop increments. The contact menu permits you to choose and swap between ISO, FPS, publicity time, filter issue adjustment, digicam shutter angle, {hardware} settings, calibration display screen, and product info. You can too customise the meter to fit your particular wants.

The firmware for the microprocessor was developed utilizing a preferred improvement framework and a graphics library for managing the contact show. This firmware handles {hardware} initialization and management, auto-ranging, show, storage, vitality saving, settings, calibration, and diagnostics. It’s designed to supply correct and dependable mild measurement readings.

The reminiscence operate can retailer as much as ten totally different measurements and the saved readings could be recalled with a easy press of the RCL swap. Each reminiscence operate and saved readings could be displayed concurrently on a 2.8″ TFT colour show together with movie pace, frames per second for cine use, or publicity time in nonetheless images.

The gadget could be powered utilizing 3 x AA 1.5 volts long-lasting lithium batteries or 3 x AA Nicad rechargeable batteries or Spectra Energy Financial institution which could be bought individually. It may be linked through the meter’s USB C port and may be capable to repeatedly function the meter for a number of days. To increase the lifetime of the batteries the backlight show ought to be set at 50% brightness for optimum brightness and energy conservation. The backlight show brightness could be adjusted from 5% to 100%. The lifetime of the batteries is claimed to be 1200 charging cycles or 24 months.

Value & Availability

The Spectra Cine PRO V Publicity Meter with TFT Show is now out there to buy for $695 USD.

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