Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/14

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Subject: Just Ordered Sekonnic L308BII
From: Richard Clompus <rclompus@voicenet.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:20:18 -0400

Dear Fellow LUGnuts,

After hearing Ben Holmes and others speak so highly of the tiny Sekonic
L308BII, I just ordered one from B&H in New York along with a load of film.
 The price was $199.  

I did some shooting this weekend along the Delaware and Maryland shore.
With the wide variety of people and dress, walking up and down the
boardwalk sometimes reminds me of attending a circus.  Varieties of body
piercing and tatoos seem to be everywhere.  Fortunately the hyperfocal
distance on the 28 Elmarit and my new 35mm Summilux Asph make only setting
the aperture something I have to deal with when the lighting changes.  I
use the Multi-Pro from Gossen and the small Pilot Selenium meter (that has
limited sensitivity but doesn't require a battery).  Both meters have
sliding opaque diffusers that slide over the meter opening for incident
readings.   

I'm hoping the the new Sekonic will be small, easy to use and accurate. I
too have come to depend upon the reflected meter in the M6 for providing
exposure information.  It seems easy enough to just make the two triangles
equal brightness and shoot only to find the the focus is right on but the
exposure is just a little bit too bright or too dark.  This is not so much
a problem with Tri-X but when shooting transparencies - a 1/2 stop can make
or break a photo.

I'm not thrilled about having to carry more spare batteries - but if the
Sekonic meter is small and sensitive enough, I'm likely to use it more
often.  And that should mean better photos.

Richard
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Richard Clompus, OD
West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA