Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>My (very) old Luna-Pro seems to have taken a dive. It's time to get > another meter and it's been ages since I even thought about light >meters and I am clueless about what is out there. > >What are y'all using? Why? My (probably equally old) Luna Pro SBC was becoming inaccurate (and adjustments didn't seem to cure it) so I got a Sekonic L358. I know you said you don't need flash capability but it's there if you need it. One of the main reasons I bought it was because it can directly display nearly all of the "oddball" shutter speeds (1/50, 1/200, etc...) on my IIIf's dial. I also like its "sort of" analog display that's shown along with the direct digital readings, because I'm used to the analog Luan Pro. It's small, light, accurate, and has a good user interface and "look & feel". My only complaints: 1) it doesn't take regular alkaline batteries. Carry an extra battery just in case. 2) switching between incident and ambient mode means removing and replacing the metering cell cover (diffused dome vs. fresnel lens). This seems painful after simply sliding the dome to the side for 20 years on my Luna Pro! I'm very happy with the meter and I think it's reasonably priced. - --Andrew - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html