What is a Sinar metering frame?

[Marcus Carlsson]

Hi,

I just wonder what a Sinar metering fram is.

You can find one here, if you don't understand my question:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sinar-4x5-Meteri...QQcmdZViewItem

Note that I have absolutly nothing to do with the seller.

/ Marcus

[Edwin Lachica]

Hi,

I just wonder what a Sinar metering fram is.

You can find one here, if you don't understand my question:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sinar-4x5-Meteri...QQcmdZViewItem

Note that I have absolutly nothing to do with the seller.

/ Marcus

It's a special frame for the Sinar Booster measuring probe.

[Marcus Carlsson]

And what is that?

Is it so you can meter the light like a spot-meter or similluar?

It's a special frame for the Sinar Booster measuring probe.

[Neal Shields]

That frame only fits Sinar cameras.

It allows you to insert a long wand (probe) with a light sensor on the end, in front of the ground glass. It gives you spot through the lens metering capibility with a large format camera. You can move the wand to what ever part of the scene you want to measure.

They also make a universal frame for use with that meter that will fit any camera.

Both the meter and the frames and cameras are still in production. A camera with that frame is usually designated MB for meter back.

Page 3-5 shows the probe in use.

http://www.matrix.cz/profifoto/PDFS/...em_katalog.pdf

[Marcus Carlsson]

Maybe a really stupid question, but you can remove that frame, right?

I will maybe buy a F2 on the Bay and it comes with the metering-frame and I wonder if I can remove it and sell it?

/ Marcus

[Bjorn Nilsson]

Yes, you can remove the metering frame and exchange it for the older non-metering frame, given that you have one at hand. As you may have noticed, apart from the slot and the locking-arm, the frames are essentially the same.

On the other hand, Minolta meters and Booster 1 metering wands sometimes comes up for sale at ridiculous prices. I got my meter and wand for less than $100 a year ago. There is also a version of the metering wand that works with Gossen MasterSix meters.
Now, are these meters good? Well, they take care of bellows draw compensation, flash metering etc. on the fly. The most important part is the fact that you meter exactly what happens at the film plane.The meter/wand combo is maybe a bit cumbersome, but not much more than a loose spot meter, once you got the hang of using the combo. Some posters say it is easy to brake, but mine still works.
(Of course I could have answered Marcus in Swedish, but this info may come in handy for someone else too. :-)
//Björn