Sekonic Twinmate L-208?

[wlewisiii]

Not wanting to jump on Colyn's thread, but inspired by it, I got searching the Sekonic website. I currently own a L-28C and it's as excellent as an incident reading selenium meter can be, it does run out of oomph rather quickly - depending on the film, EV 7 - 9 is really as low as it can be trusted. Now, I don't need the negative EV's talked about in the other thread. But reliably doing EV 3 would be nice and the specs for this meter says it can do that.

Anyone here used this meter and care to comment?

I'm also interested in how useful the shoe mount option is - I'd like to be able to pop it on the CL (as it's meter is in-op) if practical for less cost than another VC Meter II.

Thanks!

William

 

[rover]

I have read a lot here, at Pnet and elsewhere William, in short, I don't need it, but I think I would like this meter. Everything I have read says it is easy to use, very accurate, tiny, practical for the in shoe use if that is what you want to do with it..... and they don't come up on ebay that much at all, I check semi regularly for them to see if I can get a deal.

 

[rxmd]

Hm, what's the point of an in-shoe meter again? I find, for example, Leicameter MR operation pretty awkward: put the camera to your eye, point it at something, press a sideways-operating button that moves only with some difficulty, keep it pressed for a second or so to get a halfways accurate reading, take the camera away from your eye, check the meter reading, do the same thing over again if you happened to need the other of the two metering ranges, adjust camera settings, take it to your eye again, and shoot.

I don't see how this is an advantage over a separate hand-held meter, which you can put on a keychain and keep in your waist pockets or wherever and just get the occasional incident reading.

I've been looking at the L-208, it's rather intriguing for its compact size, but it's actually rather thick. I found the L-188 better, because it's thinner and fits my pockets more easily, even though it is a centimeter or so bigger in the other two dimensions.

 

[Nick R.]

I have a Seconic L-28 C. It's a good meter but I stopped using it because I can't read the output without glasses. I upgraded to a Polaris handheld incident meter. It's very similar to the Sekonic 308 and does flash metering which is nice and has a large digital readout. I suggest that if you like the feel of the L-28 you already have that you buy a similar digital meter. You'll get the benefits of greater low-light sensitivity and flash metering. I bought mine used for $50. You'll pay about the same or more for an on camera meter which, in the long run, does less.

 

[Richard Black]

I have this meter and really like it. It replaced a Gossen Pilot which strangely stopped working. I wanted something small, although I don't mount it on the camera. I wear it around my neck and stuff it in my shirt pocket when I'm not using it. I find it accurate in both modes and quite easy to read. I have a spotmeter when I want specific readings but this is just too convenient to use.

 

[Joerg]

Hi,

I ahve one and it works great with ita analog display.
It replaced an Digisisx and I am/was happy with both.

Ciao

Joerg

 

[MCTuomey]

What Nick says. I have one but it's tough to read (the ISO numbers are impossible for me). Also, the ISO setting likes to move around inadvertently.

But portable it is - like inside the coin pocket of my jeans. I use mine a lot for that reason alone - paired with my M4.