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John Pytlak
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posted 02-28-2005 10:34 PM

quote: John Walsh
I had never seen one before and it took a few minutes to figure it out. When you look through the view finder, you see a ring. The ring is dark when the unit is off. When the momentary button on top is pressed, the ring lights up. The idea is to adjust the pot on the side until the ring matches the "brightness" of the screen area you are viewing. Then, while holding the button down, you look at the meter reading.

Those comparison or "doughnut" meters can be quite accurate if calibrated properly. The issue is that the color of the reference lamp is rarely a match for the light on the screen, so getting an exact brightness match is quite subjective.

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