What type of light meter (meters) do you use?
What brand? Is it an incident meter, a spot meter or a combination of both?
Gossen
Kenko
Konica Minolta
Pentax
Polaris
Sekonic
Spectra Cine
Wein
Other
Incident
Incident with Spot Attachment
Spot 1 degree
Spot 5 degree
Spot Variable
Other
What type of light meter (meters) do you use?
What brand? Is it an incident meter, a spot meter or a combination of both?
Bill Kumpf
I use a Minolta Spot Meter F and have for over 25 years. They aren't made any more.
MW
Mark Woods
Large Format B&W
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Gossen ProfiSix, Minolta flashmeter IV and Sekonic Studio.
The last one with my DSLR, the others with MF and LF.
I like them all 3.
Peter
I have used a Pentax Digi Spot for 15+ years, and a Sekonic 558R in the studio for a few. When I can purchase a Metered Light Pocket Spot, I will let go of the Pentax if it performs as stated. The Pocket Spot does not need calibration and it is a much simpler meter for black and white shooters.
Pentax digital spotmeter. Also a Minolta flashmeter.
Sekonic L-608, combined incident and variable (from 5 to 1 degrees IIRC) spotmeter.
Gossen Luna-Pro sbc
Minolta Auto-Meter IV with spot attachment
Weston Master V with invercone
Leica M5 variable angle spot meter
Wayne
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For large-format work, my standard meter is a Pentax Spotmeter V, with zone markings.
I also have a Minolta Spot F which I nearly stole from a desperate dealer right before closing at a camera fair, but it's a little harder to use with the Zone System because it reads in exposure rather than EV. But I still use it a lot wit medium-format.
And I have a Sekonic L-718 that I use mostly as a flash meter, and for when I want an incident meter.
Then, there's the old Luna Pro, which I keep as a matter of respect. But I can't find batteries for it that maintain the calibration, so I suppose if I were to use it I would need to have it recalibrated for non-mercury batteries.
Rick "who needs to replace the faded zone markings on the Spot V" Denney
Weston Euromaster.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
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