zipper Posted January 21, 2009 Share #21 Posted January 21, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use the the Gossen Digi Six with my M2, a very fine lightmeter, the incident metering option is very useful, especially with tranny film. It is small and light and much more versatile than a built in meter, quicker to use and much smaller and lighter than a Weston or such as Lunasix. Anyway by now, Westons and the like must be getting a bit non linear in response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Hi zipper, Take a look here M2 users how do you meter ?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Photoskeptic Posted January 21, 2009 Share #22 Posted January 21, 2009 Don't have an M2, but an M3. I meter by experience. And once you've shot enough with an M, you will too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted January 22, 2009 Share #23 Posted January 22, 2009 I shoot my M2/M3 by taking a few meter readings with my tiny gossen digisix and then adjusting the exposure for the look I want. When the light changes are dramatic, as often happens during evening shooting, I find it useful to take the odd meter reading and then, again, adjust my exposure and shutter speeds for the look I have in mind. After a while you will have trained your eyes to read the light quite accurately for most situations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted January 22, 2009 Share #24 Posted January 22, 2009 Gossen Digisix. It is always in my pocket. I always try to guess the EV wherever I go, so it it keeps me honest. With either the M2 or M3. the pleasure is how the camera feels in the hand. I have tried various Leica meters on the cameras, but it takes away from the perfect balance & form of both bodies. As I get older the M3 is more & more a pleasure with the huge viewfinder & lines, but the M2 dominates for it's overall perfection, silence and a natural 35 & 50 sight-lines foe use with the older Summilux lenses. The pre asph 35 is unique and goes hand & glove with the M2, a perfect marriage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted January 22, 2009 Share #25 Posted January 22, 2009 My main meter is a Weston but I have a Voigtländer VC II on one of my CL's, it is small, easy to use and accurate. If money is a problem then there is a free DiY one here: Expomat My 10 year old son is using it to help him understand exposure and light and it seems to be working! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 22, 2009 Share #26 Posted January 22, 2009 Andy, it's much simpler than that. Not complicated at all... Hope this helps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted January 23, 2009 Share #27 Posted January 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) A real photographer don't need no stinkin' meter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted January 23, 2009 Share #28 Posted January 23, 2009 Andy, it's much simpler than that. Not complicated at all... Hope this helps! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 23, 2009 Share #29 Posted January 23, 2009 A real photographer don't need no stinkin' meter Which is why you leave the battery out of your MP is it, Allan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted January 23, 2009 Share #30 Posted January 23, 2009 Andy, the battery on my MP has been dead for at least six months...and by all rights I should get the damned thing out of there or go ahead and replace it with a new one Everything I've taken in practically the last year has been by sight, this is not a lie It's true: if you take enough pictures, you don't need the meter anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted August 24, 2010 Share #31 Posted August 24, 2010 Gossen Digisix mostly, for incident metering, and flash if necessary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 24, 2010 Share #32 Posted August 24, 2010 I never saw any point in buying an M for its size and then restoring the SLR "hump" by putting a meter on top. (plus, I needed the hot shoe for a 21 finder ) With my M4/2/Ps, I got a slim little Sekonic L-318, or used my own version of Sunny 16 (Velvia 50 @ 1/250 between f/5.6 and f/8 for sunlight). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted August 24, 2010 Share #33 Posted August 24, 2010 Hi I have several Weston Masters II, III, and V, the others have stopped working. When I remember I put one in gbag, with invercone and if the scene is static I spend ages thinking about the zone system. Other wise I use 1/125 f/6.3 with 400 ASA, if it is overcast, it is normally dark and cloudy here. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurometallo Posted August 24, 2010 Share #34 Posted August 24, 2010 Andy's freebie is brilliant: I wish I had known about it 25 years ago... Back then I started learning about light with a little Gossen: It helped me with my trusty M4-P. But when I lost it (or had it stolen, I don't quite remember...) I had to learn how to do without... Many, may years have passed, and I didn't buy or used a meter again... Now I don't even think about exposure anymore: I just fiddle with shutter speed and aperture and... Voilà... Right exposure! Always! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted August 25, 2010 Share #35 Posted August 25, 2010 +1 on the Digisix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob81 Posted August 26, 2010 Share #36 Posted August 26, 2010 I use the VC II and love it. It's small and accurate. And looks OK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybob Posted August 27, 2010 Share #37 Posted August 27, 2010 handheld incident sekonic Digilite L-328 1 energizer lithium battery then, depending on the latitude of the film you're using, you should interpret Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted August 27, 2010 Share #38 Posted August 27, 2010 by guessing i.e. memorising an EV table. Snow bright sun EV 16 Bright sun EV 15 slightly overcast EV 14 . .. shadow daylight EV 10 . . indoor tungsten EV 5 note EV 15 is sunny sixteen i.e. 1/250 and f/16 or equivalent Might buy a meter sometime but this makes it even more exiting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbeyFoto Posted August 28, 2010 Share #39 Posted August 28, 2010 I use hand held meters. Sekonic offer various models to suit your demands from the compact Twinmate 208, through the handy Flashmate 308 to the bulkier-do-everything Digital Master 758. The 308 is great if using incident readings. I prefer the others for reflective reading. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted August 29, 2010 Share #40 Posted August 29, 2010 I have the Digisix and an old Weston...even though both give precisely the same readings, I keep coming back to the Weston, even though it is bigger and heavier (all relative). Just feels right. All suggestions here are good so go with the one that feels right andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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