Light meter for my Zorki

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I recently found a mint condition Zorki rangefinder camera in my parents home.

i have bought some film for it but my only way of deciding upon exposure times and aperture is to bring along my DSLR to know what the exact values are.

I have seen loads of pocket size battery less light meters on ebay. All very old looking.

Is buying a vintage meter a waste of time? I dot want to spend anymore than 20 on it and want it pocket sized.

Tried using lightmeter apps on my phone, but compared to the dslr the results are way off.
 
Kenny

Might be worth having a mod move this to the film and conventional section, this area is for your photos for critique.

Andy
 
I have beeCam on my phone. I think it's probably much better than an old lightmeter. you just need to understand how it works. mine does. although it can be very tricky.
 
GSXR1 said:
Is buying a vintage meter a waste of time? I dot want to spend anymore than 20 on it and want it pocket sized.

Tried using lightmeter apps on my phone, but compared to the dslr the results are way off.
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Some vintage lightmeters can be very good, the classic Weston V can often be found for a reasonable price, I've got a LunaSix 3 I paid more than £20 for mine but they're not outrageously expensive.

And as for your app lightmeter, most of them will need calibrating. I use Pocket Lightmeter and Lightmeter Pro, both are pretty usable and easy to calibrate.
 
Starastin said:
I have beeCam on my phone. I think it's probably much better than an old lightmeter. you just need to understand how it works. mine does. although it can be very tricky.
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Noooooooo, Buy a light meter to compliment the camera, Leningrad 4 or 7 are very good both mine exact, well almost, to my D200 and you can buy for less than £5.00, cheapest is to use sunny 16.:thumbs:
 
medwaygreen said:
cheapest is to use sunny 16.:thumbs:
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I've just been looking at my first colour negative film shots from 1970, on Kodacolor with a Werra 1 (Llantony Abbey in evening light). No lightmeter, either in-camera or separate, so I must have been using Sunny 16 (I think the rule was on the box in those days). It came out remarkably well. Apaprt from the problem of delayed feedback from the time the shot is taken to when we get the results to look at, it probably teaches us a lot more about the light than a camera with a meter!
 
Metraphot meters are pretty good. You can find them online in good working condition. The smallest and most nifty is the Metraphot 3. No batteries, either. Hot/cold-shoe mounted so nice and neat..
 
I found the app on my iphone when I had a Zorki was pretty accurate, cant remember the name though!! Think it was free.
 
medwaygreen said:
Noooooooo, Buy a light meter to compliment the camera, Leningrad 4 or 7 are very good both mine exact, well almost, to my D200 and you can buy for less than £5.00, cheapest is to use sunny 16.:thumbs:
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a have one somewhere. but I don't use any nonmetering cameras.
so - I'm not even using the app. well - sometimes for practice just to guess the settings :)

sunny 16 - oh well ! I remember there used to be those rules on the side of the camera. never had the chance to properly experience it - I'm too young for that :D
 
I wrote the sunny 16 rules down and keep it stuffed down the cam case.

Sunny f16
Hazy f11
cloudy f8
hazy f5.6

1/500 stutter speed with ISO 400 b&w

I also bought a Weston Master light meter for 20 quid all in.

I used the apps on my HTC. Compared them to the readings on my dslr. They where way, way out by miles. This could be my phone.

Looking forward to better weather. I found an old flash with the little plug that connects to the front of the camera also.

exposure 15 of 36. writing everything down for each shot. Cant wait to see the result. Very hopeful .
 
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