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Author Topic: Harkness Hall screen luminance meter Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-07-2007 01:11 AM                        Saw one of these being used this morning by the guys doing the tech setups for the CineVegas film festival at the Brenden Palms 'plex. It looks like an electronic stud finder and rides in a tool box much better than the typical spot meter. It features a viewfinder and LED bargraph that gives the reading in foot Lamberts. It goes for about $200. Anyone else here see or try one? Seems like a cheaper solution for someone needing to do quick screen checks.  |  IP: Logged Alex Cross Film Handler Posts: 34 From: Eccleshill, Brafdord, West Yorkshire, Registered: Dec 2005 posted 06-07-2007 03:45 AM                     We have them, but they're by TLS. They seem to do the job well enough. Alex  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-07-2007 05:45 PM                    Whats it called, who makes it, and is there a model number? I'd like to find one.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-07-2007 06:07 PM                        Harkness Hall sells them direct; they call them simply: Screen Checker. I am sure most any cinema supplier can get one for you. I've got one. Easy to use for quick checking, but I have never matched it against the expensive spot meters to verify its accuracy. It does give you a good idea of relative uniformity, and for that it doesn't matter if it says 14fl when the absolute number is really 13.5 or 14ft or 14.5ft -- the really important thing is to know what the various areas of the screen read in relation to each other. To me that's more important than a lab-accurate measurment of foot lamberts.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-07-2007 08:46 PM                        From what I saw yesterday, it's pretty close. They were shooting the screen with both the Screen Checker and a CineSpot meter. Like the infamous Blue Bonnet margarine TV commercials of old (in heavy French accent), "no difference."  |  IP: Logged

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