Best Bang for the buck in a light meter?

[David Lindquist]

There's a rumor the Weston cells are no longer made, making it impossible to restore them when they go bad. Anybody recently tried getting quality light metric to fix one? I hope it is not true, they are very useful.

Obviously every meter ever made will eventually get mentioned in this thread. (The GE DW-68? I started with one of those dogs.) I have to say the one meter I have never had steer me wrong, in 42 years of use, is the original Gossen Luna Pro. I had QLM convert one to modern cells and calibrate it and it is still a great meter.

I have a record of being told by George Milton in November 2013 that he could no longer replace the cells in the Weston meters as the company that made them had gone out of business. I think I posted something to this effect on this forum in the past.

OTOH see: http://ian-partridge.com/westonrepair.html

As of April 2015 this site offers replacement of Weston selenium cells. They are in England.
David

[Tomas10]

Did you take a look at LxMeter ?
You can get an interesting light/flash meter for less than 60 eur.

[Atracksler]

I went to a photo start after a meeting and got a Minolta Auto Meter IV F with a (I know its "only" 5°) Spot meter and a case for $60. Thanks for all the good recomendations!