One thing I like about the sekonic studio delux is the lumisphere faces towards me instead of away from me.
Are you sure it only faces you? Mine swivels and can be pointed away. The proper use of an incident meter requires it be taken to the subject and pointed back at the camera, so it really doesn't matter if it does not swivel. You can hold the meter up into the approximate similar light as the subject to get a reading.
why the fascination with batteries? I recently bought a sekonic studio deluxe III model L398A--- no batteries, supreme accuracy, incident or reflected, the dome swivels 180 degrees, is the size of a pack of cards and not much thicker.
and no batteries to replace. I bought this one because my old one, which was 40 years old, finally had so many broken pieces of the exterior from being dropped that i was worried dirt would hurt its accuracy, which never faltered.
There are meters out there (I have one) that use mercury batteries which are no longer available. The Wein zinc-air battery is a replacement, but according to the guys at the photo store, it only lasts about 3 months. And the alkaline replacements may or may not work well, because they are lower voltage than the mercury batteries. So I decided to upgrade the meter rather than buy batteries 4x a year.
So I switched to meters that uses easy to find batteries, and also had a flash meter capability.
Gossen Luna-Pro F - 9v rectangular battery (aka transistor radio battery for us old folks)
I also like the dial/needle combination, as it is easier to use than a digital meter. I can instantly see all the different f-stop+shutter speed combinations.
Minolta Autometer IV - AA battery
The Lunapro SBC is around 25 years old,as big as many compact cameras and Gossen no longer service analogue meters due to the lack of spare parts.I'm sure there are many, but I'll start it off with the Gossen LunaPro SBC, takes a 9 volt smoke alarm battery.
Roger
The O.P didn't mention price only specification, so I assumed it wasn't the criteria.Who cares if they service them? For the price they sell for used, just buy another if it quits working.
I'm sure the Digipro F is nice, but it's also $289 from B&H, probably more most other places. I paid $63 on eBay for my SBC complete with 15/7 degree angle attachment.
That's not a reason not to prefer the digital if you want to spend the money of course. It just depends on what you value and what it's worth to you.
Great thing about the L208, even if you later acquire a bigger, better meter... This one will always have a place.
It is small, light and accurate.
I'm just tearing out my hair trying to figure out a Zone System dial for it.
Think I will design an acetate glue-on for the green match-needle.
Depending on how handy you are, you could convert the moveable short single pointer to a sawtooth pointer with each point being a zone apart. Probably too small to put numbers on it, but paint the middle point a contrasting color and just count up or down from there to use it.
Does anyone make a serious test of these Iphone meter apps and see what kind of accuracy they have? Also anyone knows how they does it?
Because it's the 21st century, and modern digital meters are quicker to use, not as prone to shock damage as meters with needles, more accurate, and have much better low light capability s, to carry a spare battery is no problem. I've had a Studio Deluxe for about twenty five years but have retired it to my sock draw together with my Western Euromaster,Gossen Lunapro, and I doubt if I will ever use them again, my digital ones are so much better.why the fascination with batteries? I recently bought a sekonic studio deluxe III model L398A--- no batteries, supreme accuracy, incident or reflected, the dome swivels 180 degrees, is the size of a pack of cards and not much thicker.
and no batteries to replace. I bought this one because my old one, which was 40 years old, finally had so many broken pieces of the exterior from being dropped that i was worried dirt would hurt its accuracy, which never faltered.
I always think Chan a light meter accuracy depends to a large extent on who's interpreting the readings, they can't as many people think just be waved casually in the direction of the the subject and the resultant reading be taken as gospel without some thought.I agree with Ben there. I don't have a studio deluxe III model L398A but I doubt that it has supreme accuracy.
I always think Chan a light meter accuracy depends to a large extent on who's interpreting the readings, they can't as many people think just be waved casually in the direction of the the subject and the resultant reading be taken as gospel without some thought.
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