Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Can't recall if I'm losing my memory
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:31:10 +0300

Mike Johnston wrote:

> Jeff,
> Sekonic makes a little incident meter that runs off a selenium cell
> and doesn't need batteries that is a perfect complement to a
> screwmount Leica. It's been around for something like 60 years (?) and
> is still available new.
>
> I can't remember off the top of my head what it's alphanumerical
> designation is. It was always called "The Director's Meter." Can
> anybody help me out here? Anyway it would be perfect.

I find Gossen's Pilot-2 (or Sixtino-2 in Europe) rather more
interesting. Same weight as the Sekonic, but of a more compact design,
and it can be mounted in the hotshoe, where it doesn't look all that
weird. The Sekonic is flatter, but longer and wider, making a strictly
non-mountable device.

Bernard