Voigtlander VC2 Meter

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astroman

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Has anyone used this meter?
Im looking for opinions or a review on the voigtlander 2 meter

Thanks
 
Love the meter. Tiny, works great. I have one on a IIIC and one on an M2. Too easy to move the ISO dial taking the camera out of a bag, though. But, worth the hassle there.
 
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Any other users of the meter here that would like to offer their 2 cents?
 
I use one on an M2. It's really simple to use, pretty unobtrusive. The only thing I would say is when I first got it, I compared shots I had previously taken without the meter, with those on which I had used the meter. Those without were pretty good - that sounds like a boast but it isn't, what I mean is you should be confident in your ability to judge exposure without the meter, and not over-rely on it. I'm currently using it in unfamiliar light situations as a learning tool - once I have trained my brain, I'll probably drop it off the camera. Not sure that makes sense but it is well worth the purchase anyway!
 
I like it. It is the only meter that I use now, even when I use a camera with a meter I check with the VCII. And if you have old cameras with 1/75 or 1/50 you can slide the shutter dial into that approximate position. I wish I could find a lanyard to wear around my neck with the VCII attached, when I don't have a camera with a shoe. But that is a Small price to pay. I really think it is a well thought out meter, too bad they discontinued it. I would have bought an extra if I knew it was going to go the way of Polaroid.
 
charjohncarter said:
I like it. It is the only meter that I use now, even when I use a camera with a meter I check with the VCII. And if you have old cameras with 1/75 or 1/50 you can slide the shutter dial into that approximate position. I wish I could find a lanyard to wear around my neck with the VCII attached, when I don't have a camera with a shoe. But that is a Small price to pay. I really think it is a well thought out meter, too bad they discontinued it. I would have bought an extra if I knew it was going to go the way of Polaroid.
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It appears to be in production, and in stock at Camera Quest...
 
I have one and like it.
But sometimes, the ISO setting can change too easy so when I shoot after the camera hanging on my neck for a while, I check the ISO to make sure...

It works very well, but it would be great if it could read incident light in addition to reflected...

Hiromu
 
Taqi said:
I use one on an M2. It's really simple to use, pretty unobtrusive. The only thing I would say is when I first got it, I compared shots I had previously taken without the meter, with those on which I had used the meter. Those without were pretty good - that sounds like a boast but it isn't, what I mean is you should be confident in your ability to judge exposure without the meter, and not over-rely on it. I'm currently using it in unfamiliar light situations as a learning tool - once I have trained my brain, I'll probably drop it off the camera. Not sure that makes sense but it is well worth the purchase anyway!
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So maybe having some fun with no meter and the sunny 16 rule might be ok too.
A person will pick up on reading light very quickly.Plus youll spend more time thinking about the subject your photographing.
 
The one shown is Leicameter 2, the ASA goes all the way up to 160! There is also a 3 around here, somewhere. Love the size of them, how accurate were they? Are they worth having repaired?
 
It's a good meter. Accurate and quite sensitive. Nice to use for portraits, since you can look down on your camera to premeasure.

Here is another M2 photo with it:

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Cheers,

Roland.
 
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