Based on my own experience of over 40+ years I doubt that a Sekonic L-508 [I
have had one for several years] will yield any better results in bright or
dim daylight than a plain jane no frills Leica MR meter atop an M3 both of
which I have had and used for over 40 years.
I have plenty of evidence to support my assertion !
jh
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Light meter
> While sitting on a boring conference call here at work, I got out the
> L-508
> and was just horsing around with it practicing the averaging and memory
> functions. Did get one thing to work which I was never able to before. You
> can have it memorize both spot readings and dome readings. Rotating the
> spot/dome selector flips the reading back and forth. This worked in the EV
> mode. Later versions allow you to actually compare "dots" on the same
> scale.
>
> The Sekonics, with the memory function do a reasonably good job of
> mimicking
> the multi-spot metering in AUTO mode of the OM-4(T/Ti). In fact, they are
> almost identical in this fashion.
>
> On my "roundtuit" list, is a big fancy review of the L-508 on Zone-10.
> Honestly, I will admit ignorance on a couple of advanced features. This is
> a
> meter (and the newer ones are even tougher) that you MUST spend quality
> time
> with the instruction manual.
>
> Oh, in my quick-n-dirty playing, I metered a couple of really tough spots
> in
> the office and dialed the settings into the DMC-L1. The results were
> perfect. When popping the camera back into auto, depending on which meter
> mode I chose (matrix, averaging or spot) the exposures varied by about
> five
> stops and none of them were correct.
>
> No histograms were harmed in this testing.
>
> AG
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