I just looked at the Sekonic site and apparently the disk does come with the L-308B-II nowadays.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: Re: Incident meter suggestions wanted > It is easy and cheap for the manufacture to add features to an electronic > meter, so as Don says, most modern meters have several features. That being > said, some meters are intended to be used as incident meters, and reflected > use is an afterthought (the Sekonic Studio Meter is a prime example). Some > are intended for reflected reading and incident readings are add ons (Don's > old favorite the Weston Master is an example of this). A lot of current > incident meters, have flash capibility because one of the prime uses for an > incident meter is with studio lighting. You point it at each light with the > flat disk and note the readings, if the main light is say f5.6, and the fill > is f8.0 then your lighting ratio is 1 stop (fairly flat lighting). Then > using the dome you point it at the camera and you get your exposure reading. > You can use the dome for lighting ratios, but you have to shut off the > lights you are not reading. Nothing could be easier. As Anthony mentions the > disk can be used for copy work also, but that was hardly the primary > purpose. As an aside: incident meters were used almost exclusively for > motion picture work. > > What you have to realize reading these answers to you questions, is that > nobody here can honestly tell you about meters that they have not used > themselves. Most of us have only one meter, so that is the one we will > recommend if we like it. Some of us have used quite a few meters (Me? The > Weston Master, the Vivitar 250XL, the Sekonic Studio Deluxe Meters --the > L-398 and the older version L-28C, and currently the L-308B-II. You may > note that all of those meters are very good incident meters). Aaron Reynolds > and myself at one time were the primary proponents of the incident meter on > this list. It is interesting to note that both of us were using the L-308. > However, to me, the L-308 has one major flaw. That is that it has only a > digital readout. An analog readout allows you to see all the > shutter-speed/f-stop combinations at once so you don't have to figure them > in your head, or change the settings of the meter. Minor flaws are the tiny > dome, but it is what allows the meter to be pocketable, and that the disk > does not come with it. Major advantages are small size, and that it uses one > AA battery. > > Are there other meters that will suit your requirements? Certainly, but I > can not recommend them from my own experience. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "zcaballero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It seems that there are several meters that will be very close to the > > minimalist meter that I want. So, what I want is available new it > > seems. And you say that "most meters" have many functions. Most is > > not all, so that would mean that some have few or minimal functions, > > yes? It is those few that are of interest here. I say that reflected > > light is OK, but that I do not want many features. The group here tell > > me of two or three new meters that would be suitedable for my needs. > > >
