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[donut]

now that i have a couple of film boxes that are without light meters , i have to get one ,i was looking at the gossen digipro f

http://www.gossen-photo.de/pdf/ba_digipro_e.pdf


has anyone any experience with one ,thoughts etc ,,or is there another that you would recommend ?

 

[Morinaka]

Most Gossen meters will be fine, i bought a Gossen Lunasix F last week to replace all my old selenium ones so i could finally have a solid, accurate meter without having to drag my DSLR along as well. I know Woodsy and someone else on here shot with that meter and the spot attachment for it with Velvia in their RB67's and highly recommend it.

The one linked to should be fine, spec sheet says it does reflected and indecent metering so you should be fine, Gossen still makes the Digipro F2 so that Digipro F is a very modern meter so if you can afford then by all means buy it.

 

[Andysnap]

Most Gossen meters will be fine, i bought a Gossen Lunasix F last week to replace all my old selenium ones so i could finally have a solid, accurate meter without having to drag my DSLR along as well. I know Woodsy and someone else on here shot with that meter and the spot attachment for it with Velvia in their RB67's and highly recommend it.

The one linked to should be fine, spec sheet says it does reflected and indecent metering so you should be fine, Gossen still makes the Digipro F2 so that Digipro F is a very modern meter so if you can afford then by all means buy it.

Oooer, sounds saucy

 

[donut]

got to get one now ,thats the type of pictures i want to take
my daughters going to but me one as a thank you for putting up with ( and financing her ) for the past few years ,,

 

[Knikki]

The Gossens have a very good reputation however if you looking for a hand held then I would say have a look at the Minolta IV F it is a cracking bit of kit.

 

[robhooley167]

I know Woodsy and someone else on here shot with that meter and the spot attachment for it with Velvia in their RB67's and highly recommend it.

A big +1 from me, cracking bit of kit

 

[medwaygreen]

Well your budget is very high, if you want to save a lot of wedge then look for this meter, I have one and it performs to the letter based on my D200(sorry) at a fraction of the price.

Courtenay FM3.

 

[RaglanSurf]

Well your budget is very high, if you want to save a lot of wedge then look for this meter, I have one and it performs to the letter based on my D200(sorry) at a fraction of the price.

Courtenay FM3.

They may be good but a quick search says you'll struggle to find one, there's nobody advertising one and none show up in the completed listings of a well known auction site.

To the OP what was it about the Gossen that impressed you. The Sekonics are generally well regarded and not outrageously expensive unless you go for the all singing all dancing models.

 

[medwaygreen]

They may be good but a quick search says you'll struggle to find one, there's nobody advertising one and none show up in the completed listings of a well known auction site.

To the OP what was it about the Gossen that impressed you. The Sekonics are generally well regarded and not outrageously expensive unless you go for the all singing all dancing models.

Very true about the rarity of this model, but if you wait, you can find them at about £25.00 and that is worth waiting for IMO.

PS I have one maybe could be prised out of my hand

 

[dalex_257]

I would vouch for Gossen. Having used Gossen Starlite in spot and flash mode especially in their Zone mode with Velvia and Ektachrome on MF and it never failed me.

I also find the Starlite a lot better than equivalent Minolta/Kenko and Sekonic - it is really pocketable and light compared to those and have a lot of features. I am sadly parting with mine at the moment (in classifieds here if interested) but would definitely recommend Gossen as a choice for film lightmeter.

 

[donut]

thanks for all replys ,will have a look at the others mentioned ,Nick ,its just one i come across and the reviews that i could find all rated it very good ,some even thought the gossen's were a bit more acurate than some of the sekonic's

 

[dalex_257]

thanks for all replys ,will have a look at the others mentioned ,Nick ,its just one i come across and the reviews that i could find all rated it very good ,some even thought the gossen's were a bit more acurate than some of the sekonic's

They not more accurate but they will be different. There was an interesting thread about this on Large Format photography forum here quite some time ago going into pretty deep technical details. Basically if I remember it correctly, the middle gray calibration is different on Gossen's and Sekonics.

 

[joxby]

I've had a few light meters but, the only one that's stayed with me is a Gossen digisix, I don't need anything more than that.

 

[raathistle]

I use a sekonic 758, it's massively overkill for anything short of serious zone system work, but it and the other sekonics I've used have been intuitive, simple to use and reliable. If you're not shooting lots of slides, or zone systeming individual frames then realistically a sekonic 308 is all the meter you need, can be bought new or secondhand for cheap, and is nice and small

 

[donut]

i'll have a look at the 308 as well Chris cheers

 

[dalex_257]

I use a sekonic 758, it's massively overkill for anything short of serious zone system work, but it and the other sekonics I've used have been intuitive, simple to use and reliable. If you're not shooting lots of slides, or zone systeming individual frames then realistically a sekonic 308 is all the meter you need, can be bought new or secondhand for cheap, and is nice and small

When I was in between choosing meters 2 years ago I leaned to Gossen Starlite instead of Sekonic because it had a Zone mode which to was great. It is proved to be a nice feature and I used it in this mode a lot. Pity that Sekonic can't do something like that...