Buy Kenko KFM-1100 Auto Meter - Light Meter for Flash and Ambient LightKenko KFM-1100 Auto Meter - Light Meter for Flash and Ambient Light Product Description:
- It is an easy-to-use, accurate, full-featured hand-held light meter for reading both ambient and flash light.
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The KENKO KFM-1100 light meter, is an easy-to-use, accurate, full-featured hand-held light meter for reading both ambient and flash light. For most people the minimal, clearly marked buttons will make using the meter second nature in very little time. The side of the meter only has 3 buttons, the largest is for taking measurements, the other two set on a rocker are UP/DOWN input buttons for changing F no., shutter speed or ASA/ISO. This simple, easy-to-use ergonomic design feels comfortable in your hand and its logical control layout will please photographers who want to concentrate on the subject,not their equipment. Large, easy to read LCD_displays measurements in F no. format with large numbers in 1/10 stop increments and in more common 1/2 stop increments in a pointer scale across the top of the LCD display. LCD also has a back-light for easy reading in low light situations. The meter is sensitive enough for ambient (existing) light to be measured for a shutter speed range from 30 minutes to 1/8000 of a second. In Cine mode it can be used to read frame-rates of 8 to 128 frames/sec. For measuring flash, the meter has modes to either trigger the flash using a sync-cord or set to non-sync cord for manual flash triggering. The aperture range that can be displayed is from f/1.0 to f/128. Useful in mixed flash/ambient lighting situations, the "Analyze" function can determine the ratio of ambient to flash light in a scene. This featur
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By Ric Trexell
This is one of those digital gadgets that has six buttons that do about 20 different things. I haven't tried it out yet in the field as I have been reading the instruction book and learning how to use it. This seems to have all I will want for my portrait business and then some. It even has cine function for movie cameras. I like how it will give you the readings for different shutter speeds by just clicking the up and down arrow button. So if you get 1/60th at f/11 and click it to 1/125 it will show f/8 or whatever. The only thing I don't like is that the dome must be removed to take a reflective reading rather than just sliding over to the side as most meters do. This makes me wonder how long before I lose it or drop it and watch it go into some place I can't get it. I suppose they figured you would be using it in incident mode all the time so that would not be a problem. Still would have liked some sort of connection to the unit by either a chain or permanent attachment. That is why I gave it 4 stars rather than 5.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By Jim B.
This KFM-1100 flash/ambient meter seems to be almost identical to the Konica-Minolta Auto Meter IV, even the illustrations in the owner's manual seem identical to the ones in the K-M manual. There is an accessory jack on the side of the meter that might accept K-M add-ons.The product description mentions a backlight for the LCD. There was no mention of a backlight in my owner's manual, and no obvious way to activate a backlight. I contacted Kenko who confirmed that there is not a backlight in the KFM-1100 meter.Four stars instead of five, just because there is not a backlight.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Faul
This meter has been my light meter of choice since it was sold under the Minolta brand. I've been using it for more than 15 years for work in and out of the studio, on locations as varied as the ideas of man (and woman), and it has provided accurate readings in an instant for so long that I've forgotten when I got my first Minolta and later Kenko meter. I had a Minolta Autometer III in the 1980's and this meter is what came from years of development.
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