Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
On 4 Dec 2003 at 21:36, Bill Sawyer wrote: > 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.) Have you checked out the Sekonic L308BII and Gossen Luna Pro digital meters yet? They are cheap, capable, accurate, battery friendly and offer incident/reflected and flash metering plus the Gossen is even good for multiple flash integration. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 09:36 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: 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!!) When I was born, film was still made out of wood and they were metering light with smoked glass slides. So, your Sekonic can't possibly be that old . Seriously, if you're lookint at new meters get one with flash metering capability. You never know when you might want to do some studio work. Paul
RE: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 09:36 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: > > > > > 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!!) > > > When I was born, film was still made out of wood and they > were metering > light with smoked glass slides. So, your Sekonic can't > possibly be that > old . Seriously, if you're lookint at new meters get one with > flash metering capability. You never know when you might want to do > some studio work. I have the L-358, and it seems to work fine though I have one quibble. When I use flash outside, it sometimes can't see the flash as, I assume, it's overpowered by sunlight. At least, I think that's what's going on. Is this normal for a flash meter? Are other meters better at this? I'd hate to give it up because the Pocketwizard capability is a great benefit, but if there was a flashmeter that did a better job measuring fill flash in daylight I might go for it. tv
Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:47:31 -0600, William Robb wrote: > One of the really neat things he had was an extinguishing meter. So does the meter catch fire or the subject? :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
RE: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
Sekonic L308? Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan 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... _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
Hello Bill, I'm using a Gossen Luna Pro F Digital. I'm very happy with it. The digital readout is foolproof (can't misread it), interface is simple, and it does ambient, flash, ambient/flash for fill and can show the ambient vs flash to help you decide how much to drag the shutter. And, it is less than $250. Here's a link: http://www.adorama.net/catalog.tpl?op=details&sid=1069698753282666&sku=GSLPDF -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, December 4, 2003, 6:36:31 PM, you wrote: BS> I'm getting ready to email Santa with this year's wish list, which has at BS> the top, a new Incident Meter. My historic Sekonic L-28, while reliable, BS> simple to use, and as solid as an Abrams Tank, is also heavy, clumsy and as BS> old as Paul Stenquist. (it's a joke, Paul, honest!!) BS> I'm looking at a Sekonic L-358, a Minolta Autometer V, or maybe a used BS> Minolta Autometer IV. I want something light, easy to use (I'm not very BS> smart) but solid and reliable. Cost is important, no more than $250 (not BS> being smart, I'm therefore poor.) BS> Can anyone offer some insight before I send something off to Santa? BS> Thanks in advance for taking the time...
Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
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, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recomendations re: Incident Meters
Absolute junk (grin). I bought my L-308B used about 10 years ago, and this summer it went belly up. Well, partially belly up. It was giving erratic readings at GFM. I replaced the battery (single AA cell) and it seems to be reading accurately, but when you push the ISO button it shuts off. Just checked the flash metering and that still seems to be working. Now the question is should I get it fixed? Or replace it (they are only $170 from B&H)? Or just continue to use it stuck on ISO 100? I have noticed that most of us who have the 308 really like it. However, if you do not need the flash capibility there is nothing wrong with the Studio Deluxe. I bought one (L-398, newer than the L-28) from Ebay awhile back to use with the Graphic. It is the third one I have owned. -- Alan Chan wrote: Sekonic L308? Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan 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... _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com "You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
