Sonnar-7 wrote:
I thought using one on my M6, I think the M6 lightmeter is alright but sometimes I like to do my settings from the waist walking to the scene, I used to with some cameras like my good old Rollei 35s.
Is it something of a foly to put a lightmeter on a lightmeter or some of you do it?
What about a small hand held? A Gossen Digisix fits in the palm of your hand, is easy to read and offers the option of incident metering. I haven’t used a film camera with an internal meter since 2018 and have tried all kinds of different meters. My favorite is the Sekonic 308 but it’s a bit large. I use a Reveni cube meter with my Kodak Retinas. It’s tiny but easy to read and the MK2 has a rechargeable battery. You could also look at the Voigtlander shoe mounted meter or one of the clones. They offer the ability to take a reading while looking at the top of the meter.
It’s nice to have the internal meter. A shoe mount or hand held affords more flexibility.
Thanks for the insights, I will look the Sekonic up. I did thought of a hot shoe one, I wondered what was the most convinient, some have a +- dials with arrows and some a digital reading, it moght end up being the same in use, my hipster side longe for the dials but idk.
Glad to know that the all idea is no foly.
Sep 30, 2024 at 02:27 PM
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