Hi, Friday, December 5, 2003, 2:36:31 AM, you wrote:
> I'm getting ready to email Santa with this year's wish list, which has at > the top, a new Incident Meter. My historic Sekonic L-28, while reliable, > simple to use, and as solid as an Abrams Tank, is also heavy, clumsy and as > old as Paul Stenquist. (it's a joke, Paul, honest!!) > I'm looking at a Sekonic L-358, a Minolta Autometer V, or maybe a used > Minolta Autometer IV. I want something light, easy to use (I'm not very > smart) but solid and reliable. Cost is important, no more than $250 (not > being smart, I'm therefore poor.) > Can anyone offer some insight before I send something off to Santa? > Thanks in advance for taking the time....... I have a Sekonic L-608, which is about the same size as the L-358 you're interested in. Technically I can't fault it - it's a superb meter, reliable, robust but reasonably light. I guess the same would be true of the meter you're looking at. The trouble is, it's slightly too big to be convenient when I go out with one camera and one lens for a snap-shooting, travelling light kind of day. You might find the same thing with the L-358. For this I bought a Sekonic L-208 Twinmaster. Not so full of functions as the big meter, but ideal for lightweight shooting (except when I need to take a spot reading). http://www.sekonic.com/Products/prodinfo.html -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
