Minolta vs. Sekonic Spot Meters

[RedSun]

Minolta M or F vs Sekonic 508 or newer spot meters.

I understand that Minolta no longer makes or services the light meters and they will eventually die some day. Also I understand that the Sekonic has both spot and incident/reflective capabilities.

The main advantage of Minolta over Sekonic is the large lens and the clear viewfinder or screen. It is very comfortable to look through the lens. The Sekonic is even heavier. The additional metering is nice, but not necessary for LF. I do not need the flash metering.

Anything else I should consider in the selection?

[Drew Wiley]

I've never owned a Sekonic, but when I had a Spotmeter F it was factory calibrated exactly the same as my Pentax digital spotmeters. I prefer the Pentax for how
fast it is to read the dial rather than punching buttons. But the Spotmeter F is a bit smaller, uses a more common battery, and sells a bit cheaper. A very nice instrument indeed. I wouldn't worry about service. There are plenty of these meters in use, and somebody like Quality Light Metric in LA can recalibrate them if needed. Of course, when he eventually retires, somebody else will need to pop up. But Hollywood still uses a lot of light meters... so go figure.

[Drew Bedo]

I have a Minolta autometer IV f and the 9 deg spot attachment. I have had it since the mid 1990s and its been pretty good. It has a port that takes the cable from a Ainar booster-1 focal plane probe.

I would like to get a current model Sekonic 1 deg spot, but I'd rather buy film.

[Ari]

Bumping this so I don't have to see that KEH thread any longer on the main page.