Minolta light meter Vf

About to pick one of these up in good condition for 110 euro. Good deal?

I'm curious about something maybe you light meter users can help me with (this is my first light meter, never used one before, always chimped with my lights)

For my flash work, I normally let my camera dictate the flash settings. I am normally locked into ISO, shutter, and aperture based on the ambient, because I like taking photos with ambient light playing a part. So I would mostly be using the light meter to correctly set the flash power. In the past I've guessed at initial flash power, shot, then adjusted flash up or down till it looks right. Will a light meter help me get this exactly correct? I ask because most of the time it seems like light meters are used the opposite. Set flash power, then use the light meter to dictate your camera settings, and I want to do the opposite.

poopinmymouth wrote in post #9398016
About to pick one of these up in good condition for 110 euro. Good deal?

I'm curious about something maybe you light meter users can help me with (this is my first light meter, never used one before, always chimped with my lights)

For my flash work, I normally let my camera dictate the flash settings. I am normally locked into ISO, shutter, and aperture based on the ambient, because I like taking photos with ambient light playing a part. So I would mostly be using the light meter to correctly set the flash power. In the past I've guessed at initial flash power, shot, then adjusted flash up or down till it looks right. Will a light meter help me get this exactly correct? I ask because most of the time it seems like light meters are used the opposite. Set flash power, then use the light meter to dictate your camera settings, and I want to do the opposite.

You're light meter will work with the flash exactly as you expect it to, i.e. you set the power level and the meter will tell you what your aperture needs to be. However, that doesn't mean that you can't take the information provided by the meter to do what you want the camera to be set to. For example, if you want to use, say, f/8 and the meter is telling you that you need f/11, then all you need to do is lower the flash power by a stop. Unfortunately, there's no way for you to tell the meter that you want to use an aperture of f/8 and for it to set the flash to output the right amount of light for you.

Thanks PacAce. I ended up getting it, and it still has the case and is excellent condition. I think I got quite a bargain. I found an online version of the manual, and it seems pretty straight forward. I understand what you're saying, and I appreciate it.

Can you please provide a link to where you downloaded the VF manual.

thanks

http://safemanuals.com …l/MINOLTA/AUTOM​ETER-VF-_E

http://mis15.uncsa.edu …nuals/auto_mete​r_VF_E.pdf

Wilt wrote in post #9730822
http://safemanuals.com …l/MINOLTA/AUTOM​ETER-VF-_E

Thank-you very much