GW690 what do you use to meter?

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I've recently purchased a lovely GW690III and am shooting my first roll in it. Right now I'm metering with my digital camera, which seems a bit cumbersome. What I'd really like to do is spot meter and use the zone system, since I would like to shoot more velvia or provia on it. But lugging around a separate spot meter would also be cumbersome...

The Voigtlander VCII meter looks small and could attach to the shoe, but it has a 30 degree angle of view -- not exactly a spot meter!

What do you use for metering in this kind of situation?
 
The GW690 can be a bit of a confusing machine. Handles like a just larger 35mm but the format would lend to a slower and methodical approach.

I initially had a Minolta IIIF with a 10º Spot, but didn't warm to it for the same reason you note. (I put it up on sale in a local classified but nothing). Later on I found a Sekonic 308 for quite a low price and grabbed it.
Very very nice rather compact incident meter. Its reflective mode may be 40º out of memory but I don't quite get the grip of where it points exactly.

The iPhone meter app is rather usable, but I didn't bother to test extensively, so far rather accurate. It accounts for a partial spot meter.
 
I use the Voigtlander meter. It's the only option if you want a meter on the camera.
No issues. And if you need a spot reading, take one off the back of your hand in the same light.
I pretty much use Sunny F16 anyway, even with Velvia. Just gauge the scene. No issues.

The one thing about the GW690III is it's the only camera, that no matter how careful I am, occasionally fat rolls me. A serious bummer when you open the back and see that. And I've tried all the tricks to prevent this.
 
aizan said:
but incident meters are better for shooting slides than any kind of reflective meter.
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I agree with that. Hardly use anything else than incident and more than 80% of what I use is slides. Spot only when I have no possibility to get into the same light or something like stained glass windows. I don't see the point in lugging around a 6x9 and put slide in it and then object that the lightmeter is a bit on the large side.
 
Yeah the iPhone meter app I use works great as you can put in the film size and focal length and max aperture in a saved slot and it'll spot meter pretty well.

The fat spool is definitely and issue but I also run into this with my RF645 as well so I just hope for the best.

I think I may get the Voigtlander shoe meter though as I have a few cameras without a built in light meter so having the option to use it on multiple setups is intrguing
 
With this one:
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Or this one:
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Or, more often, this one:
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Or, even more often, that one:
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But, to be honest, mostly with this one: ;)
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aizan said:
but incident meters are better for shooting slides than any kind of reflective meter.
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Incident meters can be great for exposing transparency reliably and easily but whether they are best depends a bit on what you have to meter, where it is and whether you want to read across the whole light range of the image and how specifically.

Simple and obvious example: if you're visiting a zoo and standing at the fence of the lion enclosure in full sun, an incident meter will not be better than any kind of reflective meter for getting a good exposure reading of the cat lying in deep shadows on the far side of the enclosure. If you still think an incident meter is the best option in that scenario, then I'm inclined to think you're considerably faster and more agile than myself, and with a far better developed sense of self-preservation to boot.
Cheers,
Brett
 
Sarcophilus Harrisii said:
Incident meters can be great for exposing transparency reliably and easily but whether they are best depends a bit on what you have to meter, where it is and whether you want to read across the whole light range of the image and how specifically.

Simple and obvious example: if you're visiting a zoo and standing at the fence of the lion enclosure in full sun, an incident meter will not be better than any kind of reflective meter for getting a good exposure reading of the cat lying in deep shadows on the far side of the enclosure. If you still think an incident meter is the best option in that scenario, then I'm inclined to think you're considerably faster and more agile than myself, and with a far better developed sense of self-preservation to boot.
Cheers,
Brett
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hehe.
An incident meter on a selfie-stick maybe?
 
Thanks so much for everyone's suggestions. I'll be using this camera quite a bit for distant subjects when traveling, and I'm not sure about using an incident meter in those situations. I should experiment!
 
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