Which hand-held meter are you using?

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Which hand-held meters are people using with their meterless Leicas?

Recently, I had a Weston Ranger (a CdS meter by Weston) refurbished by Quality Light Metric and find I like using it. It is relatively large but a very well built piece of equipment.
 
Not sure why the robot chose to append:

"Just learning to focus a rangefinder camera"

to my name. I've been using Leicas since 1962 and can truthfully claim to have mastered rangefinder focus.

Can the forum moderator correct this?
 
Sekonic L508 ambient/flash meter, with spot, averaging, memory, etc. Very versatile meter. I've also got a Weston Master IV for nostalgic use.
 
By the way, if I can get in the discussion while not using (or owning, FWiW) a Leica - i use a capital D-1 handheld meter :))
I bought it for 10 euro (used), when I realized my old little sekonic L-8(?) with its selenium cell is not good enough for low light (below EV6 it's dead).
 
My first "real" meter was a Sekonic Studio DeLuxe (incident), which I got for using with my Speed Graphic. I also had a Weston V, but with a dead cell, which I finally got replaced recently - I got a new cell from Megatron in UK, and replaced the dead one. Now it works great - and in lower light than Sekonic.
I also have a Weston II and III. A recent addition, just as a curiosity, is a clip-on Bewi meter - small and not very reliable or sensitive.
I'm quite happy with my Weston V.
Scoop, your Weston Ranger should be an excellent meter! However, if you're looking at something smaller, an MR meter for your Leica should be more practical - I know I'm thinking of getting one.

Denis
 
i'm using a pilot 2 with my meterless CANON P.
works pretty good so far. and cheap too.

scoop, the phrase under your name has been programmed in by our fearless leader.
howevr you can change it to a phrase or word of your choosing by going to cp (control panel) and clicking on edit profile.

joe
 
scoop said:
Not sure why the robot chose to append:

"Just learning to focus a rangefinder camera"

to my name. I've been using Leicas since 1962 and can truthfully claim to have mastered rangefinder focus.

Can the forum moderator correct this?
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Everyone can go into their User CP from the tablet at the top of the page when signed in and enter their profile. There you can change your title to what ever you wish. Right now you guys are working on the defaults based on # of posts.


Sekonic 308bII by the way.
 
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... scoop, the phrase under your name has been programmed in by our fearless leader.
howevr you can change it to a phrase or word of your choosing by going to cp (control panel) and clicking on edit profile.
joe
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I noticed mine had also inexplicably changed from 'Member' or something neutral to rangefinder camera pro, from which I am far, so I did the above and changed it to something more appropriate.
BTW, what does LOL stand for? I've seen it all over the place.
Cheers, John
 
Forget the Leica - you can use a handheld light meter with any camera that is capable of adjustment. :eek:

I use two meters - the Norwood Super Director (a classic incident meter) and the Gossen Pilot (very compact, and able to make both reflected and incident readings). I would not use a meter that cannot make incident readings - this is a superior method of metering in my view.
 
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Weston Master II when using a meterless camera (IIIf or Contax IIA). I have a CV meter on back order, guess I'll get one of the new ones when they finally come out.....

Tend to use the internal meter on the camera when it's available, I know all the theory about good external meters etc etc etc, however one of the things that really attracted me to rangefinders was the small size and bulk - which carrying all sorts of kit like an external meter tends to obviate, yes?

tim
 
With my Nikon F, a meterless, flashless, overweight but wonderful cam, I use a $69 Adorama meter. It is very precise and a snap to use. But don't forget to carry a spare battery. Also, it recently confirmed the accuracy of my new Bessa R2's meter.
 
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I learned with the meter my dad bought for his argus c3 and used that for mmany years. Currently using a Pilot2.
Rob
 
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