ghost
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yeah, right. using any meter in incident mode will sometimes get a few looks. in reflective mode, it works the same as the vcii.
LIGHT METERS - What do you prefer?
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GeneW
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A VC I when I'm travelling light and a Sekonic L-308s if I'm carrying a bag.
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Crasis
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ghost said:
Really? Well, your personal experience deviates from mine. Guess that makes us both right in a Fox news balanced kinda way.
biomed
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I use a Gossen Luna Pro with the silveroxide battery adapter. It must be 34 or 35 years old. The last set of mercury batteries died last year. Still works like a champ .... a little on the large size though.
Mike
Mike
ARCHIVIST
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Well, that question certainly got results. I prefer the selenium types as there is no worries about batteries. My only concern is the ageing cell - once gone that's it. I wil look into the VCII - sounds good to me. Where do I buy one from? I am in Australia and it looks as though it will have to be an overseas buy for me.
Peter
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ghost
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Crasis said:
or you could actually explain why the digisix is more discreet than the vcii!
c.poulton
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CV Meter II
wilt
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I use a Quantum Calculight XP. Incident. Works OK.
Crasis
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ghost said:
No, you're right. The digisix is not any more discrete. I have no concrete examples or proof of my original position. My apologies.
oscroft
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I use a selenium Leningrad-8. It's in keeping with my use of FSU cameras, and with my hatred of batteries (hack, spit). I was lucky to get one in excellent condition and still accurate.
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adayoncedawned
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ghost said:
Do you realize that the Digisix is actually smaller than the average cell phone?
dexdog
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I use a Gossen Digisi and LunaStar F on a regular basis. Both very accurate with both incident and reflected light. For play time, I have a 1960s vintage Zeiss Ikon CdS meter, a Sekonic L-158 selenium, and a Gossen LunaPro F.
amateriat
We're all light!
After years of regarding handheld meters with disdain – I don't think I've ever owned a 35mm camera without a built-in meter (whether it was working properly or not is another story) – I bought a Sekonic L-428 from a pro shooter a few years back for $50. Recently, I discovered it had suffered some serious, mysterious damage ("mysterious" as in: I don't know how in hell it happened), which was awful, since I went to a good deal of effort, including an eBay sniping or two, to get a few hard-to-find bits for it like the optional spot-metering attachment. Fortunately, I found another L-428, via the 'Bay for a bit less than the previous one, and all's well. I don't use a handheld much, but in certain situations it can't be beat. And, while the 428 is hardly a spring chicken, it was introduced in the age of silver-oxide batteries and silicon-blue metering cells, both of which Sekonic availed themselves of with this model, so aging has been generally graceful.
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Goodyear
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I use two meters:
My preferred is a LunaSix 3, but as mentioned before it is pretty big, so when I'm travelling light I use a DigiSix - which is much smaller in real life than you'd think from catalogue images.
My preferred is a LunaSix 3, but as mentioned before it is pretty big, so when I'm travelling light I use a DigiSix - which is much smaller in real life than you'd think from catalogue images.
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varjag
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CdS based Sverdlovsk-4, semi-spot/incident. Light, compact, costs pennies and does the job.
dagabel
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I have to confess that I'm using a Casio pocket digicam with spot metering for my Agfa Ambi Silette. Then I get to preview the shot if I want, or even look at the histogram if I'm not in a hurry. I haven't been shooting with it for that long - 6 months or so - but sometimes the separate meter reading process seems cumbersome. Perhaps I'll try using Sunny 16, but I've also thought about the VCI or upgrading to a system with in-camera metering.
Duane
Duane
Marc-A.
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Just received a brand new Sekonic L 308S (100€, from HK!). Wonderful! I find it very easy to use; I don't know if I'm gonna keep my Lunasix3 ...
EmilGil
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Oooh, I want that Sekonic L-558...
In the meantime, a L-358 will have to do. Anybody want to trade? =)
In the meantime, a L-358 will have to do. Anybody want to trade? =)
oftheherd
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I started out with a Sekonic reflected meter I got in the PX in Korea a little over 30 years ago. I loved it. Then I got the Sekonic L28c2 which I hardly ever used as anything but an incident meter. Loved it more until I dropped it one time too many and it only worked when held sideways (?). Now it is a Gossen Luna Pro or Luna Pro SBC, depending on which is easier to grab or if I want the Luna Pro's smaller size. They are quite nice too. I also have the spot, 7/15, microscope, flash adapters. Seldom use them though. I usually keep one around but not always if I am using an SLR witha built in meter and am close to home. On a trip I will always have one as a backup (but have never needed it, go figure).
giellaleafapmu
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ARCHIVIST said:
I have a Sekonic Studio de Luxe (no batteries and useless in low light) and a Lunasix 3 to carry around but I use my eyes (call it sunny 16 if you want) most of the time. As somebody else said light situations tend to repeat and getting a shot is the most important thing. In the studio and for products it is a completely different story of course, but there there are not problems of time...
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