Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A number of selenium meters are really as tough as nails. I love the Weston Master IV, but in my own experience the IV and later Westons are usually found in non-operating condition. My IV has been working fine since refurbished by Quality Light Metrics in 1997, but my V is dead as a doornail. On the other hand, I've come across several Master II meters and have owned two of them. All were in good working order. I actually prefer the design of the IV and V (the new Weston Euromasters are identical to the V) because of the more readable dial, but if you want bulletproof, you can't do better than a Master II. Mind you, having been refurbished, I expect my Master IV to be good for 40 years. The Gossen Pilot is another bulletproof meter. While it looks like a cheap plastic bauble, it comes in a carrying case that appears to be some tough polystyrene. You can stand on this case and it will hold your weight. These meters are also dirt cheap and easy to find used. Although I prefer the Westons for reflected light readings, at least you don't have to search around for your Invercone when using the Gossen Pilot. Mark Mark On 8/22/05, Luis Miguel Casta?eda <lmc@interlink.es> wrote: > > On 21/08/2005, at 20:19, feli wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2005, at 12:33 AM, Luis Miguel Casta?eda wrote: > > > > > >> The 308 is fine, small and incredibly light also, but it does not > >> have precisely a solid look & feel. > > > > I thought the same when I got mine a few years ago, but it has > > proven itself to be > > an incredibly rugged unit. I carry mine around every day. It's been > > dropped, rained on > > and just two weeks ago someone accidently set an equipment case on it. > > I can say about the same of my sekonic auto-lumi 86. It was bought > (not by me) in the early 70's only because it was the meter that the > nikonos underwater meter case was designed for, and has been in use > in and out the case since then. Looks like a plastic toy but almost > 35 years after it's fine and dandy yet giving accurate readings from > their selenium cells. > > Perhaps that toy-look is just a disguise. :) > > > Saludos > ----------------------------------------- > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >