Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, I don't use the meter with my Leica...I use it with my Pentax 645N and every now and again the Mamiya 7. I trust and can internally compensate for the Leica meter without a hitch. It's all about feeling the light. Ahhhhhhhh Lea Mark Rabiner wrote: > lea wrote: > > > > Annie, > > > > The Sekonic L-508 is the meter I use and I love it. Bought it a couple years ago > > for work with the zone system but also use it in my studio. It's hot. Get > > one...you won't be sorry. > > > > It has a zippy neck strap AND a belt loop. I am a small-boned woman as well and > > can sooooo understand what you say about it sometimes being hard to hold all the > > wonderful tools of the photo trade. But they are fun to have and to use. > > > > My motto is: If you've got it, spend it. Then shoot like mad. > > Lea > > > ><Snip> > > Just as long as you don't also take a reading with the meter in your camera. > Check the archive and you'll see we said someone said or said someone said: > > a photographer with one meter knows how much light there is. > a Photographer with two meters is not so sure. > > Same as with watches… > > Me i think if you were out with slow film and a tripod a spot meter might be a > cool thing to work with if it not for the fact that I'm big on filters. I switch > from red to green to polarizer and the meter in my M6s takes care of that issue. > While with a spot meter you've got to remember to filter factor or stick the > same filter over it when you take the reading. > Because of this i tend to rely on my M meter when I'm out with my M even on a tripod. > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- Lea Murphy Whiny Dog Press 816-333-9111 Home: http://www.whinydogpress.com Newest: http://www.whinydogpress.com/new.html