Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Sekonic 508C
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 10:29:52 -0000

I'm getting great results from the meter...the one drawback is that the spot
portion is not as sensitive as one might wish...3 EV, as opposed to the -1
with the incident part.....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Gib
> Robinson
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 2:20 PM
> To: Leica List
> Subject: [Leica] Sekonic 508C
>
>
> Artnur Leyenberger wrote:
>
> 1) thinking about getting an incident meter and maybe
> a spot meter. I played with a Sekonic 508 at a camera
> store last weekend. It is digital, incident, and spot
> (1-5 deg.). Any comments on this meter from people
> using it or lusting after it :)
>
>
> Arthur, I have a L508 which I am trading back to Sekonic
> (Mamiya) for the
> 508C (cine version) because I have found that the incident
> and spot meter
> readings on the 508 are not in sync with each other. I can
> get the meter
> repaired, but the two meters can not be adjusted separately
> on the non 'C'
> version. You might want to include the cine version in your
> explorations.
>
> --Gib
>
>