[Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

All,

thank you for all your replies. Fascinating. The one thing that they 
have in common is that it appears that no-one uses TTArtisan meters, 
which must say *something*.

Peter

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
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Dr. Peter Dzwig