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Subject: [Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:41:42 +0930
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Peter, the ISO standards for film and for digital light meters are
different.  The two meters also measure light very differently.  Have you
compared it to a film camera or a hand held meter?  Or tried using it to
shoot film?

I have not tried the TTA meter but use a Keks KMQ meter
https://www.kekscameras.com/store/p14/KEKSKMQLightmeter.html#/ and it works
really well.

Marty



On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 9:40?PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> 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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Replies: Reply from abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters)
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Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters)
Message from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters)