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sem

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Hallo everybody!

I am thinking of bying me a M3 and i would like to know:
Do you use a light meter and if which one?
Thanks for replying.
sem

I am from germany, so please excuse my bad english.
 
hello Sem, I also just got an M3 and I'm thinking about buying a Gossen Digisix... at first i was going to buy an old Leica meter but i thought that the Gossen would be more accurate.
 
Sem,
i use a Quantum Calculight XP since 2-3 years and it is an excellent little light meter both for rteflected and incident.Got it with simple batteries that still work (never changed them) for 90 $ if i remember correctly. It can measure LOOOOW light levels (and high ones too).
 
Sem, you speak better English than many native speakers! I actually have used one of the Leica meters, the MR. If you can find one in good condition (and which has been recalibrated for 1.5 volt batteries) it does work well. But the DigiSix is an excellent recommendation.
 
sem welcome to the forum and your English is excellent! :) I'm with Pherdi above: the Quantum Calculight XP. Measures incident and reflected, will read to -7EV at 100ISO (i.e. it will give you a reading in the dark), about US$60.00 on eBay without the batteries.
 
Hi Sem,
What is your photography going to be about with your new camera ?

Cheers,
Ruben
 
I have a little beef with the Digisix, and it's that, if I remember correctly, it gives you the reading in exposure values which you have to figure out and set. The Leica MR meter acts pretty much like a shutter priority meter because it'll give you a range of apertures as you turn the knob and change shutterspeeds.

Along with the Voigtlander, a good meter is the Sekonic L208. It'll give you reliable readings and it's small enough to carry in your pocket or place on the flash shoe.

Welcome to the world of Leica! :)
 
Sem, welcome. If you will give it a good home, I have a recently calibrated Weston Master IV that I'd ship to you for free. Otherwise, I second Francisco's suggestion for the L-208. Completely pocketable and as accurate as any I've used. Not as good in the *dark* as the Calculight, though.
 
I use the VC Meter II from Voightlander on my M4-2 and love it. It's tiny and can mount on the hotshoe, or carrie din your pocket. Get it in silver and it looks like it belongs on the M3. :)

Cheers,
Brandon.
 
The Gossen Luna Pro and Lung Pro SBC are both good meters. It is a personal thing but I prefer the Luna Pro for reflected, and the SBC for incident.
 
Let me add two more meters to the list: a Gossen Polysix-2 and a FSU Sverdlovsk-4. Both are accurate and have some sort of viewfinder. Both can be had cheap too. Polysix has a multi-angle metering possibility; Sverslovsk is smaller and lighter.
 
For daylight shooting the MR(4) is stylish, good enough and easy because of it's linking to the speed dial.
 
peter_n said:
sem welcome to the forum and your English is excellent! :) I'm with Pherdi above: the Quantum Calculight XP. Measures incident and reflected, will read to -7EV at 100ISO (i.e. it will give you a reading in the dark), about US$60.00 on eBay without the batteries.
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Sometimes life is good, Peter :) :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSAA:US:11&Item=200157504226

Nr. 2 for US 25 :)

To the OP, the Quantum Calculight {X,XP} is really hard to beat for low
light photography. I also love the red LED read-out in the dark. It's quite small,
and batteries hold forever.

Best,

Roland.
 
Thank you so much for all the opinions you have posted. I mostly shoot people in b+w.
Is it possible, if I set an aperture, to read out the time with the Digisix or the Sekonic L208? And do I have to check the contrast, because of the diffrent points, with different times, I will get?
An other point is, I am searching for something wich could be used very quick.
 
If you want use the meter in the accessory shoe, the best option is the Sekonic L208, very compact and useful, that permit the use on the accessory shoe on the top of the camera. The L208 allow both the incident and reflected light measurement.
If you want a most complete light meter, whit incident light measurement and reflected spot measurement capability, the Gossen Starlite is the best.
Ciao.
Vincenzo
 
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