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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:22 pm    Post subject: Lightmeter Reply with quote
Using an old M42-lens, one should also work with an nostalgic lightmeter. I got an old "Gossen Lunasix 3" (mint) for 6 Euro. In my opinion it is a masterpiece of industrial art:



If you buy an adapter for newer batteries (you wont´t get the old mercury any more), you can use it perfectly for objekt- and light-measures.

Do you like to show the lightmeters you use, here in this thread? Cool


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
When things get to complicated for automatic exposure, this nice LunasixF comes to see the light and measure it

No hassle with mercurybatteries, a 9V block makes it measure day- and flashlight.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice idea to shot lightmeters Smile I use a Leningrad 4, I'll shot it ASAP Razz


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a Gossen Luna Six, a Gossen Luna Pro, a Sekonic L-398 Studio Deluxe & a Vivitar Electronic Flash Meter 2....Only I rarely use any of them


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use an old (1971) Gossen Sixtomat CDS. Super OK. Sometimes, in the curse of the time, I put the white sphere in nafta to become the white color. (yellowish by the time)

The incident way give me the right light that fall over the subject.

Rino.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have an old Zeiss lightmeter that is still working after about 40 years



patrickh


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got three older lightmeters, but none of them works 100% reliably.
So I hardly use them...


PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use a Gossen Gigisix, I'll upload pics after work. Very Happy


PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The pics of my meter as promised. Smile
She's not an old dog but she sure is sweet.



PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a Sekonic L-358, but only use it to set strobes and on occasions when I think the camera's meter will be fooled by something backlit or all white/black.

I tend to chimp with digi as the meter tends to give me slight under exposure.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a Sverdlovsk 4 and a Leningrad 4 both work fine, I use them with the Almaz 103 and Zenit B, its surprising that the Leningrad does as its a selenium meter but I dont think it was used much before I got it.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
martinsmith99 wrote:
I've got a Sekonic L-358, but only use it to set stobes and on occasions when I think the camera's meter will be fooled by something backlit or all white/black.

I tend to chimp with digi as the meter tends to give me slight under exposure.


Always bracket if the shot is important, no matter what.
My digi reads just fine, i have never had a problem and I use this meter exclusivley. I never use onboard metering.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
got a lunasix of my bro , with a heap of other stuff Smile got some zinc air bats on the way to fire up the old girl


PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
spiralcity wrote:
I never use onboard metering.


What cameras do you have?

I shoot 99% digi with a 40D. It's very reliable and I know when to compensate.

With film I might double check now and again that the spotty is still behaving. And I'm a bit more cautious as you can't chimp and retake.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


Here's the two I use - I got the Luna Lux SBC for 'free' with the Bessa 66, and the Pilot was just too cute to pass up.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
martinsmith99 wrote:
spiralcity wrote:
I never use onboard metering.


What cameras do you have?

I shoot 99% digi with a 40D. It's very reliable and I know when to compensate.

With film I might double check now and again that the spotty is still behaving. And I'm a bit more cautious as you can't chimp and retake.


Im sure your cameras meter is fine. Im an old film shooter and a hand held meter has been part of everyday shooting gear since I first picked up a SLR.

I shoot about 80% of my stuff on film, mostly Nikon, Fujica and Chinon cameras. I do own a K20D and a Kodak Z885 PS. The K20D is fairly new so it hasnt had a good workout yet, Im waiting for the weather to break but I do shoot a lot of the desktop stuff i post here with it.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
spiralcity wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
spiralcity wrote:
I never use onboard metering.


What cameras do you have?

I shoot 99% digi with a 40D. It's very reliable and I know when to compensate.

With film I might double check now and again that the spotty is still behaving. And I'm a bit more cautious as you can't chimp and retake.


Im sure your cameras meter is fine. Im an old film shooter and a hand held meter has been part of everyday shooting gear since I first picked up a SLR.

I shoot about 80% of my stuff on film, mostly Nikon, Fujica and Chinon cameras. I do own a K20D and a Kodak Z885 PS. The K20D is fairly new so it hasnt had a good workout yet, Im waiting for the weather to break but I do shoot a lot of the desktop stuff i post here with it.


Hi Spiralcity

I shoot on film. Use all the time incident meter to which I was accustomed using Leica M by many years. With time, almost without measuring, either I know the exposure (+ / - 1/2 aperture difference) I take to the speed and the diaphragm placed and loaded camera, but equal, with the change intensity of the light I make a new measurement. Thus, in a certain rank I only point and shoot.

It is a fast and safe procedure.

But with telephoto lenses, I have to focus.

Rino.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Most used is an old Weston Master 2


PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
estudleon wrote:
spiralcity wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
spiralcity wrote:
I never use onboard metering.


What cameras do you have?

I shoot 99% digi with a 40D. It's very reliable and I know when to compensate.

With film I might double check now and again that the spotty is still behaving. And I'm a bit more cautious as you can't chimp and retake.


Im sure your cameras meter is fine. Im an old film shooter and a hand held meter has been part of everyday shooting gear since I first picked up a SLR.

I shoot about 80% of my stuff on film, mostly Nikon, Fujica and Chinon cameras. I do own a K20D and a Kodak Z885 PS. The K20D is fairly new so it hasnt had a good workout yet, Im waiting for the weather to break but I do shoot a lot of the desktop stuff i post here with it.


Hi Spiralcity

I shoot on film. Use all the time incident meter to which I was accustomed using Leica M by many years. With time, almost without measuring, either I know the exposure (+ / - 1/2 aperture difference) I take to the speed and the diaphragm placed and loaded camera, but equal, with the change intensity of the light I make a new measurement. Thus, in a certain rank I only point and shoot.

It is a fast and safe procedure.

But with telephoto lenses, I have to focus.

Rino.


Hi Rino, It's nice to see people still using film. Very Happy
I always find myself taking integrated readings and comparing the number of stops to my my films latitude. Hand held meters cant be beat. Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I too, use an old meter, the General Electric Model 65 (incident or reflected light). It's still going strong, and the calibration is very good. For my film shooting, it's wonderful to be able to compare the meter's reading in comparison with my "sunny 16" interpretations, especially in backlit situations.
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