I was going to buy one of the dome diffuser for my Minolta Meter and I contact Kenko and they said they have discontinued the entire line of meters.
I'm not familiar with the "Kenko" meters. Did they develop any new meters, or did they just re-badge Minolta meters?
As to accessories, these can still be found on the used market.
I have 40 year old Minolta meters that work perfectly. I've never known one to fail. Minolta meter IV, great flash meter too.
Kenko and others stiffest competition is from the inventory of perfectly functional used meters.
Kenko and others stiffest competition is from the inventory of perfectly functional used meters.
I've noticed that the prices get pretty high. That's what keeps me from upgrading my Autometer II and Flash Meter II -- but they do everything I need anyway, and the accessories are interchangeable.
There are some differences, like the reflected light disk of the Autometer IVf does not measure properly with the Autometer Vf (or the Kenko brand version of the same meter)
Sad news but not surprising.
3 stops off? I think Minolta meters newer than the Autometer II would need a different atachment to depress the switch to switch it over to reflected light mode. The older meter you switch manually.
The Autometer IVf has a pin which is pressed inward by the reflected disk, which causes the meter to shift its reading appropriately; I once had to send my Autometer IVf in to Minolta service when the pin stopped functioning reliably, causing erroenous values to be displayed if the reflected disk was present. If one pressed the pin in or let it out (no disk present), one could see the alteration to displayed exposure value
But the Autometer Vf has NO PIN, it has a plastic tab at a different position, and the Autometer IVf disk does not properly push down the plastic tab. Th Autometer Vf has a different part number for the reflected disk (80038700) than the part number for the Autometer IVf meter's reflected disk.
I have tried to use the Autometer IVf reflected attachment on the Autometer Vf, and erroneous readings are the result; I have a 5 degree spot attachement also, and it works fine on both.
So I have to save my money and buy a Konica Minolta. They still sell light meters just not exposure meters any more.
If the cost is okay for you, you can still buy a new Kenko KFM-1100 for USD 250 at B&H right now, for the time being.
The Autometer IVf has a pin which is pressed inward by the reflected disk, which causes the meter to shift its reading appropriately; I once had to send my Autometer IVf in to Minolta service when the pin stopped functioning reliably, causing erroenous values to be displayed if the reflected disk was present. If one pressed the pin in or let it out (no disk present), one could see the alteration to displayed exposure value
But the Autometer Vf has NO PIN, it has a plastic tab at a different position, and the Autometer IVf disk does not properly push down the plastic tab. The Autometer Vf has a different part number for the reflected disk (80038700) than the part number for the Autometer IVf meter's reflected disk.
I have tried to use the Autometer IVf reflected attachment on the Autometer Vf, and erroneous readings are the result. I have a 5 degree spot attachement also, and it works fine on both; it properly presses down the plastic tab.
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So correct me if I am wrong. The Vf has a switch too but it's not the pin. It has to be activated differently cofwas larger diameter it would properly push down the plastic tab.
So correct me if I am wrong. The Vf has a switch too but it's not the pin. It has to be activated differently correct?
I sent an email to them and this is I got
Unfortunately, that item has been discontinued, along with the entire line of meters.
Glenn Nash
Technical Service Representative
Kenko Tokina USA
800-421-1141 ext 221
I was going to buy one of the dome diffuser for my Minolta Meter and I contact Kenko and they said they have discontinued the entire line of meters.
That is too bad. However, it seems more film users these days want a small, compact meter that clips on the camera, rather than a bulky hand-held meter.
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