Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha, my Gossen Mastersix from 1986 still works fine __ john ?On 07/08/2025, 13:08, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org <mailto:mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org> on behalf of imra at iol.ie <mailto:imra at iol.ie>> wrote: Peter, while I'd rely on your XE-2 which has an excellent meter, if the Weston repair doesn't work out, you could get a Sekonic. I have a L-308S and looking at the receipt I see I got it in early 2006. After a long period I just put a battery in it to test it and it seems to work. I must get back to film when I get time. Another option is your phone - see https://www.photoworkout.com/best-light-meter-apps/ <https://www.photoworkout.com/best-light-meter-apps/> Accuracy of course is not a given, but they might be useful. Douglas On 07/08/2025 11:19, Peter Dzwig 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 > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information