Capital SP II spot meter

[hoffy]

Howdy,

I have been offered a Capital SP II spot meter. The big thing is I know very little about this unit. Can anyone shed any light on how the work and if they are any good? Is there anything I might need to look out for? Would they be overly expensive?

Cheers in advance....

 

[Laurent]

I have one I bought because it was the only spotmeter I could afford at this time. I paid about €300 for it -new-.

It's a bit bulky, but I'm not sure it's bulkier than other ones (except the Digital Pentax)

I'm using it for LF black and white, and am quite happy with it. The battery seems to last very long (did need to change it in years), which seems reasonable given the limited functionalities.

speaking of functionalities, this may be what I prefer in it : there aren't bells or whistles, I get nothing but an EV number I then can report on the external calculator to get a shutter speed and aperture. The display is in the viewfinder, which makes it easy to get a reading of the contrast (provided one can remember two numbers ;-) ).

 

[Ian Grant]

I have one as well they are OK and accurate but were never very expensive so don't pay too much, there's no spare parts available any longer. They were also sold as Soligor and are about the same size as the Pentax Spotmeter V, perhaps just a touch larger.

Ian

 

[hoffy]

Cheers. The unit was donated to my photography club as part of a big lot, which they have been selling off as a fund raiser. Basically I can offer what I think it is worth. I just hope it works (dead battery)