[Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

[John McMaster]

Ha, my Gossen Mastersix from 1986 still works fine __

john

On 07/08/2025, 13:08, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org <mailto:mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org> on behalf of imra at iol.ie <mailto:imra at iol.ie>> wrote:


Peter, while I'd rely on your XE-2 which has an excellent meter, if the 
Weston repair doesn't work out, you could get a Sekonic. I have a L-308S 
and looking at the receipt I see I got it in early 2006. After a long 
period I just put a battery in it to test it and it seems to work. I 
must get back to film when I get time.
Another option is your phone - see 
https://www.photoworkout.com/best-light-meter-apps/ <https://www.photoworkout.com/best-light-meter-apps/>
Accuracy of course is not a given, but they might be useful.


Douglas




On 07/08/2025 11:19, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>




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