[Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

[Peter Dzwig]

Dear All,

Does anyone have any experience of these meters? I though that they had 
a good reputation, but see below...

I bought one (Series 2) because I wanted to test my M3 (my Weston Mk V 
has finally stopped working properly). I normally shoot "Sunny 16", but 
have been getting some odd results of late and wanted to understand if 
it was me, developing or what.

I was comparing what I would expect to get from Sunny 16 with my Fuji 
XE-2 and the LM. I tested in a variety of light levels and degrees of shade.

To my amazement the LM and the other exposures agreed on only one 
occasion, when I was pointing the LM and the XE-2 at a white wall in 
full Mediterranean sunlight (seriously f22)! Otherwise they were miles 
apart.

Both XE-2 and LM were set to 400ASA. When I shot the scenes with the 
XE-2 the images were, in general, fine.

Anyone any thoughts/explanations? Of course the XE-2 has a zoned meter, 
but still...

Thanks in advance

Peter

PS If anyone knows of someone in the UK who can replace the cell in a 
Weston V, please let me know



-- 
Dr. Peter Dzwig