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

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Subject: Re: Minolta & Gossen meters ( Was Re: Incident Meters and such)
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 02:09:07 +0100 (BST)

At 10:56 14/07/97 -0400, you wrote:
>since you guys have been talking about the Sekonic, have to ask about the
>Autometer III, IV F, and some of the Gossen, such as Luna Pro <something>,
>meters.
>how good are they?  limitations?  interested in mainly the III (or III F).
>oh, how about the tiny Gossen Pilot 2 and the Scout 3?

The IIIF has one peculiarity- the 5 degree spot attachment on the IIIF gives
a 1.2 stop too low reading because it was developed after the meter which
wasn't designed with this attachment in mind, so you have to remember this
and compensate. If you swap attachments this could get difficult. It seems a
good meter but it doesn't get much use- I usually use the tiny Sekonic
L308B-II... 

Joe Berenbaum