Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you mean the meter that snuggles into the hot shoe, I have been using a similar one, branded Voigtlander, but surely made in China, for over a decade now. It was purchased from Stephen Gandy at Cameraquest: https://cameraquest.com/voivcmet.htm I have been very satisfied with it - but I should mention that I only use it when I am shooting film - most camera bodies I fiddle around with in that medium have exposure meters that were never there, or long since expired or, indeed, need mercury batteries! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 3:49?PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > Does anyone have any experience of these meters? I though that they had > a good reputation, but see below... > > I bought one (Series 2) because I wanted to test my M3 (my Weston Mk V > has finally stopped working properly). I normally shoot "Sunny 16", but > have been getting some odd results of late and wanted to understand if > it was me, developing or what. > > I was comparing what I would expect to get from Sunny 16 with my Fuji > XE-2 and the LM. I tested in a variety of light levels and degrees of > shade. > > To my amazement the LM and the other exposures agreed on only one > occasion, when I was pointing the LM and the XE-2 at a white wall in > full Mediterranean sunlight (seriously f22)! Otherwise they were miles > apart. > > Both XE-2 and LM were set to 400ASA. When I shot the scenes with the > XE-2 the images were, in general, fine. > > Anyone any thoughts/explanations? Of course the XE-2 has a zoned meter, > but still... > > Thanks in advance > > Peter > > PS If anyone knows of someone in the UK who can replace the cell in a > Weston V, please let me know > > > > -- > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >