Suggest a color film that's one step better than Kodak Gold or ColorPlus?

[MattKing]

Both those Gossen choices were designed for mercury batteries. There are a bunch of very accessible solutions for using modern batteries in them. Here is one of many Photrio threads that talk about the issue: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/the-weincell-1-35v-px625-replacement.200663/#post-2705432

The Luna Pro is a great meter. It was one of the standard high end choices for a very long time. It does use a CDS cell, so there can be age related issues.
I gave away the last one of several I've owned over the years to someone relatively new at this. I expect they are still using it happily.

Gossen meters can be a bit confusing, because the US importer changed the name on a bunch of the models. If you see a Profisix, for example, that is the name that applies everywhere in the world except for the USA, where it is known as the Luna Pro SBC. That is actually the old meter that I recommend most - it uses an easily found 9 volt battery, and will work with a slew of special purpose attachments. It is slightly larger in the hand though.

Don't worry too much about manuals - Mike Butkus' invaluable site is your friend: https://www.butkus.org/chinon/
If you take advantage of his site, the recommended donation is very reasonable.

 

[MattKing]

This might be a good choice - a Luna Pro F: https://www.ebay.com/itm/4062082084...lp:3959035&itmmeta=01K5DAP434ZQT9NN028248VX06
Essentially a Luna Pro SBC, with added flash metering capability, at the cost of some of the SBC's extremely good low light capabilities.

 

[dcy]

This might be a good choice - a Luna Pro F: https://www.ebay.com/itm/406208208427?_trkparms=...
Essentially a Luna Pro SBC, with added flash metering capability, at the cost of some of the SBC's extremely good low light capabilities.

Perfect!

Ordered.

I was just coming here with a list of variants of the Luna Pro SBC, and the one you linked to was in my short list.

Yeah, I don't want to complicate my life with mercury batteries when there are perfectly good options that take modern batteries at a reasonable price. Seeing that the Luna Pro F has added flash metering (is that what the "F" stands for?) makes it a clear winner.

Thank you so much for the help!

 

[dcy]

Luna-six/Luna-pro are fantastic meters and affordable too. The only caveat is that you’ll need a MR-9 battery adapter since it uses obsolete battery. Gossen battery adapter is available at B&H last time I looked. The white dome gets slide from the side to the center, over the sensor, to change to incident mode. Then slid to either side for reflective mode.

For a bit more money and a more modern sensor and current battery, you could look at Luna pro SBC. A bit bigger but a faster meter to use.

Manuals and how-to-use guidance is online, or in those books…

Thanks for the help!

Yeah, getting an older model with an obsolete battery sounds like asking for trouble. I spent a while learning what I could about the Luna Pro SBC and all the variants and alternate names. I ended up getting a "Luna Pro F". Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

 

[BrianShaw]

https://www.gossen-photo.de/wp-content/uploads/DL/FOTO/AG/ba_lunasixf_gb.pdf