Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dennis Painter wrote, >I am looking at getting a new handheld meter. > >Anyone have hands on experience with both the Gossen Luna-Pro Digi F and >the Sekonic 308Bii ? Yes I have both - well the Sekonic doesn't work since it got dunked in the sea in Palau! The Gossen is nicer in some ways but in incident mode is less convenient since you have to turn the whole thing around to take a reading with the dome facing you. Mine is also between a half and a whole stop off so I don't use it at the moment! The sekonic was spot-on but a bit fiddly. Better stick to Minolta who make the best meters IMHO and IME: I use Flashmeter III and IV and only bought the others since they were more compact. I have had 4 or 5 Gossens and they have all been quite inaccurate at some or all of the range they cover and not consistently so so it was not a matter of tweaking them. The only problem with the Minoltas is that changing from Incident to reflected modes is a bit fiddly and involves changing the dome to a disc. Bests Adrian Adrian Bradshaw Photojournalist Shanghai, China