Sekonic L-162

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• Jan 23, 2021

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Does anyone know the age of this light metre?
Any experience using it good or bad?

 

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Bob,
The style references on this page from the instruction manual may give you a hint:

It may be older than you are .
One guess I've seen is 1961 or 62.
Mike Butkus has a link to the manual on his site here: https://www.butkus.org/chinon/flashes_meters/sekonic_l-162/sekonic_l-162.htm

 

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Thank You,
I found the manual, but it had no indication of age.
I haven't found much online about its usage, so thought I'd ask

 

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Many manuals do not have dates or even copyright dates.