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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Large Format / July 2004Meters
Hello - My Minolta AUtometer IV has died. I am considering what to get: Any comments on the Sekonic 558, Minolta Flashmeter VI??? Thanks - Bruce >Hello - > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Thanks - Bruce I like my Gossen Luna Star F2. Durable and consistent. Regards, John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com Please remove the "_" when replying via email Though there will be many more "time seasoned" users here I will comment on the Sekonic--I have the L -508 and really like it for an all around-"do it all" type meter as it is a terrific meter. For straight Zone System use I still favor my Pentax Digital Spot --so I have both. J Burke Just a narrow minded limited experience users' 2 cents. > Hello - > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks - Bruce Like others, my pentax digital Spot is the one meter that I always carry and use more frequently outdoors than any other for landscape work. OTOH I also have a Sekonic 708 and a Gossen Luna Pro SBC, the 708 fir the studio as a flash meter and the otehr as a general purpose backup meter. If you are going to have just one meter go with the Pentax and train your eye to do some judging Ted Harris Resource Strategy Henniker, New Hampshire There is an article in the Free Articles section of our web site on Zoning with the Multi-Tasking Meter www.viewcamera.com that might be helpful. steve simmons > There is an article in the Free Articles section of our web site on > > Zoning with the Multi-Tasking Meter Permit me to help. The URL is http://www.viewcamera.com/pdf/zoning.pdf, and it's more of an INFOMERCIAL than anything else. Permit me to help. The URL is http://www.viewcamera.com/pdf/zoning.pdf, and it's more of an INFOMERCIAL than anything else.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good John. Now you've told him how to miss several other free articles that might be of help to him. By going to the home page he could see the whole set of free articles. As for the infomercial part this is the first article to my knowledge that shows this technique to many people who aready have the meter. Many people from my workshops would bring the meter w/o an instruction book and want help so I did this article. steve simmons www.viewcamera.com > Good John. Now you've told him how to miss several other free articles that > might be of help to him. Ahh your way,.......way too easy. Now predictably,..... John's going to launch into some tirade,...... which is exactly what he's been hoping for a chance to do. :-) > Permit me to help. > it's more of an INFOMERCIAL than anything else. Boy,..... are you going to miss him when he's gone. :-D Boy,..... are you going to miss him when he's gone. :-D Actually I am not leaving. I will be happy to direct people to the discussion group at www.viewcamera.com where posts like John's will never appear. This type of post is not helpful or constructive. If John can come on and be helpful to people we will be happy to post his comments. steve simmons > Boy,..... are you going to miss him when he's gone. :-D > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to people we will be happy to post his comments. > steve simmons Well that's good,....I think,.....although I sense the flames growing some what higher :-) And now I leave you to do some constructive work of my own "like sleep". > > Permit me to help. > > it's more of an INFOMERCIAL than anything else. > > Boy,..... are you going to miss him when he's gone. :-D I'm already beginning to miss him. Fortunately, I know the magic words that bring him back. jjs, Do you have anything to say about meters?..Evan Clarke > > There is an article in the Free Articles section of our web site on > > > > Zoning with the Multi-Tasking Meter > > Permit me to help. The URL is http://www.viewcamera.com/pdf/zoning.pdf, and > it's more of an INFOMERCIAL than anything else. > jjs, Do you have anything to say about meters?..Evan Clarke Not much. I use contrast filters so often that my metrics are probably alien. I will say that I'm about to throw my Minolta IVf away and will probably look at a Gossen Starlite next. My life's wish is to have a new-made, reliable Weston meter, but they are priced on the moon and not reliable enough considering the price. (I have perhaps half a dozen working Weston classics but my confidence in them diminishes every year.) Not much help, eh? > > jjs, Do you have anything to say about meters?..Evan Clarke > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Not much help, eh? Yeah I know what you mean, I want a colormeter and a complete set of CC filters,......the meter runs about $800-1000.  SignatureLF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 Unfortunatly I can't comment on either of the meters that you're asking about from real world experience. I do have the Sekonic 508 and am very happy with it. I have looked into replacing it with the 558. Last winter I "borrowed" a 558 from a local camera store for an afternoon and like it a lot. It has better low light sensativity then the 508. The only downside (if you can call it a downside) is that the spotmeter is fixed at one degree. That isn't a downside to anyone using the zone system. :-) The build quality of my 508 is unbelievable. I've bounced my 508 off of concrete and asphalt more times then I'd like to admit to and it still gives accurate readings!! : Hello - : My Minolta AUtometer IV has died. : I am considering what to get: : Any comments on the Sekonic 558, Minolta Flashmeter VI??? : Thanks - Bruce SignatureKeep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- fwp@deepthought.com > Unfortunatly I can't comment on either of the meters that you're > asking about from real world experience. I do have the Sekonic 508 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > : Thanks - Bruce Thanks guys - I think I will get the Sekonic 558. Should meet my needs nicely - hopefully it will take a few bounces. They should make one that you can drop.... > Hello - > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks - Bruce Selecting meters seems to have become a religious matter. I happen to like the Zone VI modified Pentax Digital spot meter. But if you do not think the color filtering and field stops that reduce flare about one stop are worth it, the regular Pentax Digital is cheaper. I have not figured out the benefit to the additional complexity of other meters. Signature.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 17:05:00 up 5 days, 6:00, 7 users, load average: 4.41, 4.24, 4.15 [...] >Selecting meters seems to have become a religious matter. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I have not figured out the benefit to the additional complexity of other >meters. I have not had the opportunity to investigate spectral response, but I once had the opportunity to compare the flare control of three spot meters, the (unmodified) Pentax Digital, the Minolta and the Sekonic (I can't remember the model designations for the Minolta and the Sekonic, but they are not likely to be optically different from the current offerings). The unmodified Pentax meter was seriously deficient in flare control compared to the two others. The Minolta and Sekonic meters were at least two stops better in flare control when tested with a high intensity source two degrees outside the one degree measurement area (spot lamp against a black-painted ceiling). I ended up buying the Sekonic meter because I preferred the user interface to the Minolta. I have not had the opportunity to test the modified Pentax meter. Signature- Helge Nareid Nordmann i utlendighet, Aberdeen, Scotland For e-mail, please use my initials with the same domain as the posted address |
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