Let's See Your Lightmeters! (Vintage & Modern)

[raydm6]

I've always been enamored by vintage light meters and their design and construction. Heavy Bakelite cases, black enamel wrinkle-paint over metal, interesting dial calculators and moving/sliding scales... ...beautiful leather cases.... I only own one modern meter (Gossen Luna-Pro SBC) and would love to see modern ones as well.

I've seen some threads on usage but I don't think we have a dedicated thread to show them off.

These are just two of several I own. A GE DW-58 and a Weston Model 715. Both are still functional. I will post more over time.

I would love to see yours!


GE DW-58 and Weston Model 715 Light Meters by rdc154, on Flickr

 

[dexdog]

Weston Ranger 9, refurbished in 2010 by Quality Light Metric.

 

[dexdog]

Meter still works

 

[raydm6]

^^^ Cool! I also have an Ikophot with case and chain. Looks just like that! Very nice.

 

[KoNickon]

Yup -- same with my Ikophot. Underexposes by one stop but you can compensate easily for that.

 

[Shafovaloff1]

Canon meter I converted. Functional, have the incident light attachment, and hangs like jewelry. As well as accurate., have made these up for friends as gifts...after doing some repair etc. No battery needed, a "film photography" statement! However...that modern looking new TTArtisan is a got to have! GAS

 

[dexdog]

I have a couple of those, one underexposes by about a stop, the other is completely non-functional. They are cool meters and attach to the shutter dial in a unique way.

 

[nikon_sam]

Weston Ranger 9 updated by George at Quality Light Metric. He serviced three of these for me, two in 2017 and another in 2018, one of them I sent to my cousin so he can learn the Zone System.
The Pentax Spotmeter V meters consistent with the Westons.
I also have the Sekonic L-398m.

 

[p.giannakis]

This is the only light meter I have that works well. Both reflective and incident readings. Very accurate too. Got it for a couple of pounds together with a Pentax k1000 if I remember correctly.

 

[Kai-san]

My two favourite lightmeters.

 

[Nitroplait]

Spotmeter III.

 

[russelljtdyer]

For studio work, I use Sekonic L-358. But in the past month, I've started using an application on my iPhone: the Exponometer when taking photos with my Leica M6.

 

[dexdog]

This is the only light meter I have that works well. Both reflective and incident readings. Very accurate too. Got it for a couple of pounds together with a Pentax k1000 if I remember correctly.

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I have an XP, don't know the differences between the two. Sometimes referenced as the king of low light metering, although the contemporary Gossen meters were pretty good, too.

 

[AndersG]

My two light meters.
Link to image.

 

[cary]

Sekonic Anniversary Meter:

 

[Ambro51]

Here’s the Extinction Meter on my Perfex Model 22. The idea here is to find the letter you can just barely make out on the green screen. Then, this letter is lined up with the ASA of the film in use by rotating the index dial. This lets you read the range of f stop/ shutter speeds that can be used. ••••••. The main glitch is the letters are SO Small it should have a magnifying lens. So here in 1939 we’ve got a built in meter.

 

[Leicabimmer]

Greetings all! Now that Quality Light George have retired is there anyone out there doing repairs/calibration of the Weston Ranger 9? Thanks

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I've never used this meter, it was my dad's if I remember correctly.

 

[wlewisiii]

I had the L-208 for awhile but wanted something a bit more sophisticated so I bought a L-308S off of Ebay. It arrived DOA. 🤦‍♂️ It was an easy return and I found the fun blue anniversary one instead and ordered it. The day before it arrived, the L-208 died. Talk about timing. Thankfully it works wonderfully.



I keep the 208 in case I get ambitious and want to try to fix it.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Does this count?