I've had a Sekonic L308 since 1993 and it still works perfectly. It was getting a bit long in the tooth (beat up) from years of use, so a couple years ago I picked up a new Sekonic L308S because I was worried that the L308 might give up the ghost. Well the L308 is still chugging along nicely, but the new Sekonic L308S just stopped working in Flash mode, naturally right after the warranty expired. Don't make 'em like they used to.