Moved on from the Reveni!

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After defending the Reveni cube reflective meter, I'm finally moving on. The battery in the Reveni would die jist about the time I was ready to rely on it. I brought spare batteries just in case but they were often not in my pocket when I needed them I love the Reveni for a lot of reasons but really need a small, reliable, accurate meter. I had a Sekonic 308X which would do any metering you could ask for but ended up giving it to a local shop. I also have yet another L-398 and find it's a great meter but a bit larger than I really want to carry all the time. It isn't that big and incident metering works great, I just wanted something smaller. As much as I defended the Reveni, I would point out the short comings of the Gossen Digisix. As I bid adieu to the Reveni, a new meter has joined the Gossen Pilot that has been in the family since 1964. I feel a little sad about abandoning the Reveni but this will show me the temperature!

 
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My condolences on your loss
If that Digisix 2 fits in the case for the Pilot, that case looks like it will help with one of the issues with the Digisix - unintended pushing of the buttons.
Otherwise, I find inserting something thin and flat into the Gossen case, along with a spare battery, also helps.
 
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Thanks, Matt. One of the things I did learn from the Reveni, there's an extra 2032 battery stashed in the case.

Just checked, the Digisix is just a bit too big to fit in the Pilot case. The Pilot for being as old as it is is still accurate and fun to use.
 
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The Gossen Pilot is a wonderful meter. I truly don't know why meter making companies feel they need to reinvent the wheel. If your Gossen is like my old one, it will be dead accurate even indoors and in low light.
 

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Too bad that the Sekonic 308X did not work for you. I have one and like it.
 
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Sirius Glass said:
Too bad that the Sekonic 308X did not work for you. I have one and like it.
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It was actually the second 308 I owned. I had a 308S, sold it and bought the X. Sold all my flash equipment, so I didn’t need all the functions for flash and video. I really liked the back light for reading in low EV. It’s a great meter and would have kept it but have been trying to keep just the gear I need. Trying to make the same decision about my 398. I hate to see it stashed away when someone else could be using it.
 
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pentaxuser said:
So can we expect to find your Reveni for sale on Photrio, madNbad?

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No, I donated them to my favorite repair shop. It's next to a high school with a good photography program and the students often come in with the grandparents old camera with a dead meter. I figure they can make a few bucks. I'm still debating what to do with the L-398. Every time I sell one, I just buy another a few years later. I'll probably leave it on the shelf for a while and then decide.
 

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I've been using a Sekonic L-208 for years now. Very small and accurate. I love it.


Kent in SD
 
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Two23 said:
I've been using a Sekonic L-208 for years now. Very small and accurate. I love it.


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I owned a Twinmate for a few years. I would stuff it and a. Retina IIc in my pocket before heading out on a walk. Nice and small and ran on a battery that lasted a long time. Had a L-408 with the spot meter too. Sold both of them when I found I was using the 308 more than both of them combined.
 

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The Sekonic Twinmate has markings for 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200, etc, which the Digisix, and almost no other current meters have, which is why I stick with that one. It’s handy for those with really old cameras. Which probably don’t have shutters that accurate anyway, but whatever, I use those marks. If you can’t be precise, at least pretend in front of company.
 

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I also use a Twinmate. The batteries last so long that I forget it uses batteries.
 

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Ah, so that's what these markings are...

The Twinmate is a very nice, tiny meter and uses very common batteries, I only wish it could meter a bit below EV3.
 
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Made the decision to pair the L-398 with my Leicas and the Digisix with the Retina IIa. The Pilot went back into storage.
 

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I used to have the 308 (the original version) but traded it in on a 408 because I was doing a lot of studio flash AND a bunch of zone system stuff in the field, so having the spot meter, even if it wasn't a 1-degree, was very helpful in that regard. I now have a pair of 408s and a pair of 358s, and a Minolta Spotmeter F. Nothing super-tiny, but any/all of them will fit in a pocket. The 358s are for the studio because they have PocketWizard transmitters that let me fire my studio strobes without cables running everywhere.
 

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Andrew O'Neill said:
It's hard to beat the Spotmeter F. It's been my main metre since 1992. Still going strong!
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The same can be said for the Pentax Digital [& Analog] Spotmeter.
 

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