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Subject: [Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:10:04 +0100
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Thanks mark! You are the only person on the LUG saying they use one. Do 
you think it could be faulty?

Peter

On 09/08/2025 17:09, Mark Kronquist via LUG wrote:
> I have and use several they are fine  Mark in Oregon
> 
>> On Aug 9, 2025, at 4:59 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
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Dr. Peter Dzwig



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