Sekonic L-308B light meter

[Steve_P]

Anybody got one? Thinking of buying one for £99 second hand which should save me around £40 on a new one (e.g. on WEX website). Any comments/suggestions welcome. Thanks.

 

[tiler65]

There is one for sale in the classifieds for £90 saving another £9. not sure if you can use the classifieds with your low post count though....bummer.

 

[Steve_P]

Thanks tiler, I might check it out if still available when I get a few more posts under my belt!

 

[SoDoSoPa]

Personaly i wasnt all that impressed, I bought a new one and it would get its reading wrong half of the time.

 

[kevshore]

I use one in the studio. Works fine everytime.


Kev.

 

[domino1999]

Personaly i wasnt all that impressed, I bought a new one and it would get its reading wrong half of the time.

What makes you think the readings were wrong and why only half of the time? If it was faulty it would give bad readings all the time...

I bought one 2nd hand and it was definitely dodgy, not registering the light at all, so I know these things can & do "break". Luckily I was able to get my money back. Then I bought one new and it's spot on every time.

Darren

 

[Steve_P]

Well, I've taken the plunge - it comes with 6 months warranty so I'll see how I get on. Thanks for the comments.

 

[Raymond Lin]

After a tiny bit of research I think the 358 is a better buy but more expensive. Mainly for the Aperature priority feature.

 

[freecom2]

Personaly i wasnt all that impressed, I bought a new one and it would get its reading wrong half of the time.

I found my L-308 (S) to be an accurate meter, and use it as a reference as it is as accurate as my Nikon D7000's matrix meter.