In short, works well and is easy to use.
Fits in the hand, with a nice rubber grip. The buttons and control wheel can all be operated with just one thumb. (May not be quite so easy for left handers)
Having one meter that does everything (everything that I need) is really quite pleasing. I like the freedom to choose how I meter, incident or reflected depending on the subject and situation, without the hassle and expense of carrying two meters. I know other meters have a zoom spot, but I have not felt the need to zoom when spot metering, selecting the 1 deg or the 5 deg spot is fine by me. Like most digital devices it has more functions than is strictly necessary, but most of this extra functionality, Zone mode, physical unit measurements etc. has to be selected using DIP switches in the battery compartment, which means that the basic photographic functions are not cluttered up with these special options.
Negative points ...
(1) Wheel control on side is not 100%, misses a click every now and then, not quite bad enough to send back and seems to be improving with use, but I would recommend you check this before you buy one.
(2) Stupid plastic cap for the flash sync socket. Once removed requires extreme skill and perseverance to reinsert. I suspect it will not be long before I cut it off.
(3) Lens cap on view finder pops off too easily. I think I lost mine within a month.
Minor points maybe, but a shame when the rest of it has been put together so well.
Would have been nice ...
A meter display in the view finder. The head rotates which makes this less of a problem. But it would have been nice not to have to move the light meter to my eye and then away again between each spot reading.
But to be honest, it does the job and I don't expect I shall be upgrading to another light meter for some time to come.
Bookmarks