wollwn Posted June 7, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) In the late '60s, I carried a Leica IIIf with a collapsible Sumitar loaded with Plus X or Tri X everywhere in a jacket pocket. I relied on Sunny 16, and the prints I have still from that camera certainly look like they were taken with a Leica. By the end of the decade, I'd sold the camera and would not own another Leica for a long time. Half of a lifetime later, I am trying to recapture the experience of the pocket Leica that is always with me. I have a collapsible Summicron, CLA'd by Focal Point, with either an M2 or an M3 body. However, my eyes have grown dimmer and my judgment impaired by the use of cameras with internal meters. Sweet 16 does not seem to work for me as well as it once did. The cameras and the lens are working fine, the errors are my own. I have a very pocketable Gossen meter, but carrying it requires a second pocket and using it requires a separate operation. The Leica clip on meter comes immediately to mind, but according to what I read, all the Leica meters are either permanently dead or dying. I think Voigtlander makes something akin the the Leica meter, but I have never found an evaluation of it. There may also be something else available that I have not heard about. So my question is whether the Voigtlander meter is worthwhile for my task or if there is some other meter that will attach to an early M body. I'll keep working to improve my Sweet 16 performance, but in the meanwhile any advice would be appreciated. Wollwn ---Mind how you go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaques Posted June 7, 2011 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2011 A friend of mine has the Voigtlander meter on his M2. It is small and works very well. His pictures are very good. It is much better than the old Leica MC/MR maters and does not scratch the top of the camera like they do... I think it will be perfect for you- the quality is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted June 7, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 7, 2011 Wollwn The Gosson Digisix is tiny and can take a hot shoe bracket to fit on top of the camera, for when you don't want it in a shirt pocket. If one is using a regular film at a given ASA then it becomes possible to quickly set the camera from memory, e.g., on a sunny day 15 -> 1000' f5.6 with Ilford XP2 exposed at 200 ISO.This web page show a Digisix mounted on a nice Nikon rangefinder: http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/images/Nikon/NikonS2-Jupiter12-5.jpg The metering angle corresponds to a 90mm lens so one can use the camera selector lever to see approximately where the meter is reading from. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted June 7, 2011 Share #4 Posted June 7, 2011 Amazon.com: Gossen GO 4098 Camera Shoe Mount Adapter Clip for Digisix: Camera & Photo and... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=voigtlander+lightmeter&x=0&y=0 John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted June 7, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 7, 2011 Hello, I have recently discovered Voigtlander VCmeter II. Half the size of a Leicameter M/MR. With small Leica (as my II of 1936) it's so tiny that the combo is always pockettable. Small and as accurate as can be a "reflected-meter" (1/2 EV depend on "target") and easy to use. Arnaud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted June 7, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 7, 2011 I use a Gossen Digisix hung around my neck and use it for incident metering, which I've found to be foolproof. Perhaps you don't want to carry a meter around your neck. Tested against a meter, I've found that sunny 16 is more like sunny 11 most of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted June 7, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 7, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi We are in the dark ages here, 10 degrees further North, and f/6.3... Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted June 7, 2011 Share #8 Posted June 7, 2011 +1 on the tiny Gossen meters. I used to use a Digisix, I now use a Digiflash. Works for me. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted June 8, 2011 Share #9 Posted June 8, 2011 I have a Voigtlander VCII meter on top of the M3, and it is great, but if you are used to the MR meter as I was you just have to remember the shutter speeds aren't coupled! Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nggalai Posted June 9, 2011 Share #10 Posted June 9, 2011 Another Gossen Digisix user here. I, too, have it around my neck and pop it out for incident metering. If I’m standing in the same light as the subject – say, landscape shots – I spot-meter the back of my hand and move one zone/stop down (I’m rather pale a chap). I, too, found that Sunny 16 is more like Sunny 11 in my hemisphere (northern Switzerland), unless there’s absolutely no clouds in the sky or it’s around lunch time. I use the Gossen to meter a Leica M3, Holga, and Lubitel, all usually loaded with either ISO 100 slide film (to be cross-processed) or ISO 125/400 black-and-white film. The Gossen reliably metered for Velvia 50 in my M3, too. Cheerio, -Sascha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enboe Posted June 9, 2011 Share #11 Posted June 9, 2011 If you use one of those, there's a free app called Pocket Light Meter that does a decent job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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