Which hand-held meter are you using?

[Honu-Hugger]

Need Good Advice for a Small Meter

Need Good Advice for a Small Meter

Hi Gang,
I've been a dedicated Minolta incident light (IIIF) and Minolta Spot meter user for many years with no misgivings. However, as those of you that are familiar with these meters know they are not especially compact. I'm not looking to replace them, because I trust their readings without question, but as a result of this thread I'm now considering an ultra compact reflected light meter and the VC may be perfect. Any other suggestions?

To help put my situation into perspective I do not own any cameras with meters. So now, after twenty-plus years of incident/spot metering I am once again willing to consider a reflected light meter (during my teens I use to use my Dad's Gossen Pilot). If I decide to acquire a small reflected light meter I will be looking for a combination of extremely small size and top-notch accuracy -- any suggestions other than the VC or soon to be available VCII?

Thank you in advance for any forthcoming recommendations.

D2

 

[back alley]

shooting only b&w film, i find the gossen pilot 2 works just fine for me.

joe

 

[Rich Silfver]

Richard, what happened to your MR meter for Leica?
I seem to remember reading that you did something to it, and it stopped working? What gives?

Denis

Yeah...I decided to...'adjust it'...and did what you are never supposed to do with fine camera equipment..I forced it.

:bang:

Kinda broken now. For 100 dollars or less for a replacement unit I won't look at repair it right now but rather look at a good find on eBay down the road. For now I'm back to handheld meter and guesstimating 🙂

 

[jfbell20]

Jessops CDS meter.

Although with classic cameras, I sometimes use a card exposure guide (Black Cat Extended Range Exposure Guide - http://www.blackcatphotoproducts.com/guide.html)

I bought mine on E-bay.

 

[rover]

Jessops CDS meter.

Although with classic cameras, I sometimes use a card exposure guide (Black Cat Extended Range Exposure Guide - http://www.blackcatphotoproducts.com/guide.html)

I bought mine on E-bay.

That looks like a great Exposure Guide. The steady strap looks cool too. I am thinking the strap would be good to use with a Hasselblad when handholding.