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Advice regarding performance of sekonic l508 meter. The l 478 meters can be quickly calibrated to your camera using sekonic s data transfer software and either sekonic or xrite brand targets or by manually inputting data to the dts program or on the meter itself. Even with the few rolls ive shot and despite the mistakes and issues ive varyingly. Shooting my first rolls of the new kodak ektachrome e100.
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