GrumpyTim | The Watkins Bee Meter - Early 1900s Photographic Exposure Meter @GrumpyTim | Uploaded 7 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
I was recently given a Watkins Bee Meter as a present (I'd been looking for one for a while), and it's such a cool gadget I thought I'd do a video about it.
The Bee Meter was invented by Alfred Watkins in the late 1800s, and continued in production until electronic meters took over. The Bee Meter uses light sensitive paper to measure the strength of the light - even in bright sunlight it will take a few seconds to darken to the same shade as a control strip next to the test strip in the measuring window - by counting how many seconds it takes and applying that figure to the exposure calculation dials, you can quickly (well relatively quickly for the time anyway) and accurately measure the correct shutter speed to set on your camera.
Start 00:00
History and Documentation 00:09
General Overview 01:12
How to use the Bee Meter 03:41
Reading the Meter 05:15
Low Light Readings 06:26
Additional Info 07:22
Outro 08:07
You can see a previous video where I looked at a Sekonic Marine Meter here:
youtu.be/sBn16KQLKp4
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I was recently given a Watkins Bee Meter as a present (I'd been looking for one for a while), and it's such a cool gadget I thought I'd do a video about it.
The Bee Meter was invented by Alfred Watkins in the late 1800s, and continued in production until electronic meters took over. The Bee Meter uses light sensitive paper to measure the strength of the light - even in bright sunlight it will take a few seconds to darken to the same shade as a control strip next to the test strip in the measuring window - by counting how many seconds it takes and applying that figure to the exposure calculation dials, you can quickly (well relatively quickly for the time anyway) and accurately measure the correct shutter speed to set on your camera.
Start 00:00
History and Documentation 00:09
General Overview 01:12
How to use the Bee Meter 03:41
Reading the Meter 05:15
Low Light Readings 06:26
Additional Info 07:22
Outro 08:07
You can see a previous video where I looked at a Sekonic Marine Meter here:
youtu.be/sBn16KQLKp4
If you've enjoyed this video and you'd like to help support the channel, you can make a one off, no obligation donation, using the PayPal link below:
paypal.com/paypalme/GrumpyTimYouTube?locale.x=en_GB
Outro Music
"As Yet Untitled"
by GrumpyTim (available to download from GrumpyTim's Bandcamp page)
grumpytim.bandcamp.com
http://www.grumpytim.com
