User manual SEKONIC L-188 AUTO LEADER

[. . . ] Instruction for Use Sensor (1) Battery check mark (2) Guide mark (3) Pointer (4) Switch button (5) Movie scale (6) Shutter speed scale (7) f/number scale (8) DIN scale (9) ASA scale (10) EV scale (11) ASA set knob (12) Dial ring (13) Battery compartment cap (14) Battery check button (15) The Auto-Leader is a very handy carry around exposure meter. [. . . ] Depress the battery check button (1 5) and if the battery check mark (2) is not indicated by the needle (41, replace the battery with a new one. De not depress the switch button (5) when checking the battery. Operation Film speed setting Set the film speed setting which you intend to use. How to set the film speed For the correct setting on the ASA scale (10), rotate the ASA set knob (12) and align the white mark on the black dial with the red scale unit in the ASA window. Reading out the exposure When the sensor (1 ) is pointed in the direction of the subject, the pointer (4) deflects in accordance with the brightness of the subject. To read out the exposure, rotate the dial (13) and set so that the pointer (4) is aligned with the center of the guide mark. The correct exposure will be the combination of the shutter speed scale (7) unit on the dial and the f/number (8) unit. In the illustrated example, f/4 will be the correct exposure at 1 /125 sec. on the ASA scale (10) signify 1600, 3200, etc. Movie scale (6) Measuring the exposure for movie cameras is performed in exactly the same way as that for ordinary still cameras except that the number of frames (8, 16, 32, etc. ) is taken into consideration. [. . . ] with an f/11 setting. Interim scale units The interim units on the dial scales are as follows: Interim values of the ASA scale (10) [DIN scale (91)] Printed in Japan [. . . ]