Sekonic L-508 or Minolta IV F + Minolta Spotmeter M

[MichaelC]

I have a Minolta IV F Flash Meter, which I love for incident metering, but I'm finding the need for a spot meter.

I'm trying to decide on adding a Minolta Spotmeter M or selling off the Minolta IV F and getting a Sekonic L-508 so that I can carry just one device for both.

Any opinions on the Sekonic L-508 vs the Minolta meters for either spot or incident metering? From what I can tell, they are about on par.

[Ari]

I've used the IVf exclusively for about 15 years, just incident metering, and I've never seen the need for another meter of any type.
I am not a Zone System practitioner, that's where the spot metering would come into play.

[Daniel Stone]

If you need a 1deg spot meter, then the sekonics are nice.

Just an FYI, Minolta made a 5deg spot attachment for the IVf meter, to use in place of the white dome.

Don't know the model # exactly, but might be worth checking out if you can work with 5deg spot metering vs 1deg.