Handheld Meters

Well I'm looking into a M2. So I'm trying to find a good meter to pair with it and maybe a RB-67 or 501 later on. Yeah. I just want something that covers most of the spectrum but isn't to big. The 308 and 358 are sounding mighty good at the moment, but I'm suprised no one has suggest a Minolta. I know many photogs that swear as much by them as you swear by your Leicas.
 
I'm using a minolta flash meter VI that I like a lot. I dropped it once during a shoot and it started flaking out on me giving me inconsistent and inaccurate readings. I quickly found a used Sekonic L-508. When it arrived, the VI started working again!! I'm still using the VI, but I do like the L-508. I especially like the ISO toggle since I often switch between two different films mid-roll when using my Hassy. Had I not been in such a rush to look for another meter, I would've held out until I could find another VI.
 
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digiflash

digiflash

i've been using a gossen digiflash for the last two years and would highly recommend it. if you don't need a flash meter, the digisix is the same thing without the flash meter for $50 less. they're both tiny and you can get a shoe mount bracket to keep it on your camera for $15.
 
I have 2 favorites The Weston Ranger 9 and a Sekonic L-358. I've even been known to take along a PR-1 for the fun of it..
 
Well I think I'm going to go between the 308 and 358, the price is quite diffrent between the two, but I'm prety sure both of those will cover what I hope to do in the near future (Street, portrait, event, action...).
 
1) The meter in both my Hexar RFs (and Konica S3, and Ricoh GR1, and even my old OM-2n)

2) An old-but-loverly Sekonic L-428, which doesn't get out all that much, but when it does it's usually set up for incident reading (the one thing my camera's built-in meters can't offer), although I do have the 5° spot attachment, among others, for stage shooting and the like. Not tiny, but not crazy-huge, and cheap ($50 via the 'Bay, replacing an identical unit that was destroyed in a freak accident). Uses a quartet of non-exotic S76 silver-oxide cells, which seem to last a few years between necessary changings. I've never really cottoned to handheld meters much, but I do like this one.

(Edit: I just remembered: Of all the 35mm cameras I've owned, since my first – a Yashica 5000E Lynx, around 1972 – not one of them was without a built-in meter, TTL or otherwise. Talk about being spoiled!) 😉


- Barrett
 
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