Light Meters

[Bill Kumpf]

What type of light meter (meters) do you use?

What brand? Is it an incident meter, a spot meter or a combination of both?

[Mark Woods]

I use a Minolta Spot Meter F and have for over 25 years. They aren't made any more.

MW

[Archphoto]

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

[darr]

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.

[Sevo]

Gossen ProfiSix, Minolta flashmeter IV and Sekonic Studio.

Seconded for the first two, with a Norwood and a Weston V in the Selenium department.

Sevo

[Ron Marshall]

Pentax digital spotmeter. Also a Minolta flashmeter.

[Eric Leppanen]

Sekonic L-608, combined incident and variable (from 5 to 1 degrees IIRC) spotmeter.

[venchka]

Gossen Luna-Pro sbc
Minolta Auto-Meter IV with spot attachment
Weston Master V with invercone
Leica M5 variable angle spot meter

[rdenney]

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

[Bill_1856]

Weston Euromaster.