Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/22

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Subject: Re: incident meters + question
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:32:19 -0700

At 08:36 PM 7/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi luggers:
>
>With all the talk recently on incident meters; they almost seem to be
>foolproof don't they?
>
>This evening I grabbed my trusty Autometer IIIF, which never fails to please,
>to photograph the ice cream gurus "Ben & Jerry". Unfortunately, the lighting
>was tricky & my 2 m6's are in the shop, my M2 works great, but has no meter.
>And my IIIF clonked out on me before I had the opportunity to get one
>reading!
>

WOW... Sounds you had three strikes against you before you even started!!!
I ALWAYS carry my Sekonic Studio Deluxe selenium (no battery) incident
meter, which also has a reflected attachment, as a backup. Of course, I
could drop it...

Jim