Gossen Variable angle attachment?

[largely]

I'm a new MF shooter. I'm considering buying one of these attachments for my Luna Pro in order to get a little better control of zone placements. Anyone have any experience with these? Should I just wait 'til I can afford a real spot meter?
Thanks for any advice.

Larry

 

[Mick Fagan]

Larry, you don't need it, but they can be nice to have.

I have the Profi-spot 1º, 5º, 10º attachment for my Profisix light meter.

It's brilliant and as a bonus I get to use the same meter no matter what setting I use.

With the Profi-spot attachment, it is a real spot meter.

Mick.

 

[Pinholemaster]

I've had one for decades. Can't remember when I last used it because I ended up getting a 1° spot meter instead. It worked pretty good back in the day.

 

[ricksplace]

I use one on my Lunasix 3 (same as your lunasix pro). It has 7.5 and 15 degrees as converage. It works well and doesn't take long to learn to use. Your lunasix pro is an excellent meter. The spot attachment increases its versatility.

 

[Ian Grant]

I have the 7.5º & 15º spot/tele attachment for my Luna Pro (Lunasix 3) & it's very useful, I also have a couple of 1º spot meters. The Gossen is remarkably accurate, it's as good as the Spotmeters.

If you can find a reasonably priced tele/spot attachment it's definitelyworth buying, mine was as a back up meter, but in fact I've begun using it nearly all the time. (My main Spotmeter has an intermittent fault).

Ian

 

[archphoto]

Agreeeeeee, AgX.
If you want to go smaller: Minolta Flash Meter IV with Viewfinder 5 degree.
I have the ProfiSix, but never bought the ProfiSpot because of its bulk, the Minolta is used occasionaly.

Peter

 

[Blighty]

I have one but don't use it on a regular basis (prefering instead to use incident measurements). However, when I was using it I found it to be easy to use and accurate as well. I think I have the little instruction booklet for it somewhere, although it's pretty self-explanatory. If you need instructions, let me know. B.

 

[largely]

Found one on Ebay for $35. Should get it next week.
Thanks everyone, your replies really helped me to make a decision.

Larry

 

[AgX]

Larry,

and don't forget about that corrective readings for your tele attachment:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
(in case that thread did not get you interested in that attachment in first place)

 

[largely]

I saw that thread a couple of days ago. It started to confuse me (easily done) but then I realized that my Luna Pro already has the marking as mentioned in other posts.
Thanks again to all who responded to my plea for help.

Larry