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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Exposure meters
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Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 11:08:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 12 11:08:37 1984
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Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

I use (three) ten year old meters intermittently:
A Gossen Lunisix 3 (European label for the LunaPro) no accessories.
  Big advantage: sensitivity -- lowest reading gives an exposure of 8
  seconds at f/1.4 with ASA 400 film.  A scene lit by the full moon is
  measurable.
A Weston Master V (I don't think Weston makes meters anymore, but they can
  be found used fairly easily).  Big advantages: selenium meter, so no
  batteries to run down (and it's a large cell so it's fairly sensitive --
  lowest is 1/10 second at f/1.4 ASA 400), and dial marked for zone system.
Both of the above are dual range meters with pointer locks and accessories
supplied either built in or standard for both reflected and incident light.
I also have a (fairly) cheap old Sekonic selenium meter, whose main
redeeming feature now is that it fits a compact underwater housing.

A quick look at some camera ads shows the Gossen LunaPro at around $85 for
the basic model; various Sekonic meters from $17 to $135 ($270 for a
flashmeter).
Another meter accessory which is pretty cheap is a Kodak Neutral test card;
a card which is 18% reflectance neutral grey on one side and 90% white on
the other.  This can be used to make an incident reading with a camera or
other plain meter for subjects of nontypical albedo.
-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2500 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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