How To Use Light Multimeter

An incident light meter reads the amount of light falling on the subject.

How to use light multimeter. Hold either lead on the metal socket casing. Turn the meter on if it has a separate power switch. Then press the meter button. After choosing the voltage setting insert the black lead into the common port com and the red lead into the mavω port remove the bulb turn on the power and you re ready to test. The white dome on the device is what picks up the light reading.

You have multiple holes for terminals on the front of the multimeter. The black probe is for connecting to the ground. Checking a common light bulb using a multimeter on the ohm scale. Using a multimeter to test a two fila. Mags how to videos how to use a multimeter for beginners in this video i will help teach you how use a multimeter to test volts ac dc amps and ohms.

Touch the bulb at the bottom of the socket with the other lead. Touch the black probe for the multimeter to the metal case of the tail light. Set the multimeter to ohms or resistance. Press the red probe for the multimeter against the electrical connections inside the light bulb socket. When there is little resistance there will be a great deal of continuity and vice versa.

Now you have your camera set to accurately expose your scene. You re measuring ac voltage so choose vac. When multimeter measures resistance in ohms it can not measure continuity because resistance and continuity are opposites. Testing to see if it is good or bad. Plug the black cord into the slot labeled com and the red cord into the slot labeled mavω or avω.

Read the results on the meter and set your camera s shutter and aperture to match. The lightmeter used in the video above is the sekonic l 358 which you can find at film supply club along with film and cameras to shoot it with. This can be natural light coming from the sun or an artificial light such as a flash or strobe. The simplest technique is to hold the light meter out in front of the camera making sure that the same light falling across the scene also falls on the lumisphere. Connect the black and red terminals with the corresponding slots.