Sekonic Announces Availability of L-308DC DigiCineMate Light Meter with Protective Skin

Compact light meter simplifies light control for digital videographers shooting with DSLR cameras and now ships with a highly visible orange skin

"Capturing motion is not the same as taking a still photograph," said Phil Bradon, Sekonic's USA Product Marketing Manager. "Today's DSLR videographers cannot rely on in-camera metering to balance light levels. Videographers need to control lighting to assure scene-to-scene continuity. They need a light meter. The L-308DC DigiCineMate provides everything they need in a small, compact package with unrivaled ease of use."

Now available at time of purchase, the colorful, sure-grip orange skin makes it easy to find in any gadget bag, comfortable to operate, and adds a degree of safety when placed on surface. This amazing, compact light meter features a full range of shutter speeds plus a special grouping of cine speeds and shutter angles and indicates exposure in f-stops to one-tenth step. The unit's LCD readout can be customized to display only specific functions needed for the task at hand for fast, easy operation.

L-308DC DigiCineMate Features

Three Ways to Meter
The compact, Sekonic L-308DC is the first meter that can be customized to display only specific functions needed for the task at hand for fast, easy operation.

• HD Cine Mode: Perfect for today's DSLR videographers. Users can make exposure readings and control light using shutter speeds and frame rates and get aperture settings with one-tenth step accuracy.
• Cine Mode: Designed for digital cinematography. Users can select from the most useful frame rates and shutter angles for exposure control with one-tenth stop accuracy. Lux and foot-candle readout enables quick set up of lights.
• Photo Mode: Full control for traditional still-image photographers. Shutter-priority display of a full range of ambient and flash functions including Cord and Cordless flash measurement as well as ambient EV measurement.

Three Ways to Measure Light

• The L-308DC's Lumisphere provides incident light readings for nearly foolproof exposure readings and enables lighting that scene before the talent arrives.
• The Lumidisc is perfect for lighting green screens, adjusting ratios and taking lux and foot-candle measurements.
• Reflected light readings enable measuring the brightness of subject tones, gray cards, light sources or window light.

Calibration Compensation
Adjust the Sekonic L-308DC to film or digital camera sensors or match the L-308DC to other handheld meters.

Custom Setting
Three custom settings tune meter operations and displays to fit camera and metering requirements.

Illuminance Measurement
Lux (lx) and foot-candle (fc) display is especially useful for cinematography, theatrical and other applications that require precise control of light source brightness. Custom settings allow users to select lux, foot-candle or no display.

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