Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1999-12-22-08:26:59 csocolow: > Upon recommendation of many sage members of the LUG, I purchased a > Sekonic L-308BII[...] I used one of these for several years. Compact, a cute bit of industrial design, and it agreed pretty well with my in-camera meters. Finally, though (and this will probably seem really niggly) the startup delay -- the delay from flipping it on 'til when it would consent to take a reading -- got on my last nerve. And I figured it'd be a convenience if there were an aperture-priority mode on the meter. I recently chose the Gossen Luna-Pro digital F as an improved replacement, and haven't regretted it yet. > But I've found when using the L-308BII that I tend to get > underexposed transparencies; usually in the range of 1/3 to 1/2 > stop. I had good luck with the Sekonic in that regard; but I found that the Gossen doesn't quite agree with my Leica in-camera meters. Who knows: maybe the Gossen's actually strictly correct. Doesn't matter to me -- I'm used to what I get from the little red M6 LEDs. No problem: with the Gossen you can program in a correction, in tenths-of-stops. Win.