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Why not try a WTB in the Classifieds, if you haven't already done that?
OK, at the risk of posting something on topic, you might want to consider a Sverdlovsk 4. It's a compact little thing that is sort of a spot meter with an incident mode too and seems to be going for under $50.
.a roll of gaffer's tape is a good $6 photo purchase as well) worked fine to get it on the board, albeit a little wobbly.
.For light meters, check out a used Gossen Lunasix/Luna Pro. Meters down to starlight, easy to use, wide range of accesories available used for cheap. Try to get the black-bodied one, not the gray-bodied one. The gray one was designed for mercury batteries, which means you're going to be feeding it costy zinc-air hearing aid batteries every two months.
.I figured someone would pick on the dialect, not my choice of light meters. What don't you like about it?
.I like it because it's easy to read off the zones. For example, If you read the highest light the meter puts it at neutrel gray, you simply read up the circular scale to the overexposure you need to put the highlights where you want them. For me, I read the shadows the same way (neutral gray), then put the arrow on 2 or 3 stops underexposed and read exposure. This puts the shadows at zone 2 or 3 (as the scene calls for) then I control the highlights during developement.
I bought a used bogen 3050 tripod for my speed, and it's fantastic. Very heavy duty, around 15lbs, and very versatile.
It cost me around $200 on ebay and came with a basic tilt head.
You can get a carbon fiber Feisol tripod for about $200 as well. My Feisol can handle up to 20 lbs of load and is about 4 pounds instead of 15. If you don't have a really heavy LF camera I think this is the better option.
Another twentysomething photog on a shoestring budget here. ^_^
x2 on the Tiltall. I found a black secondhand one that's a tank. A Crown Graphic with lens and Polaroid back doesn't unbalance it in the least.
For light meters, check out a used Gossen Lunasix/Luna Pro. Meters down to starlight, easy to use, wide range of accesories available used for cheap. Try to get the black-bodied one, not the gray-bodied one. The gray one was designed for mercury batteries, which means you're going to be feeding it costy zinc-air hearing aid batteries every two months.
But carrying a backpack holding a Hasselblad with four lenses and lugging heavy tripod into the Sierra Nevadas is part of my fitness program!
Steve
So, pdjr, have you been shooting yet? I think it is important to start shooting in whatever sheet film category you already have---rather than fall into gadgetitus, and putting off shooting and developing the film of your choice!
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