The both came at the same time, Paul. The 230 had an analog dial that when you took a reading automatically adjusted itself to the proper settings. A glance gave you all your f-stop/shutter-speed settings. The digital was supposed to be more accurate. You hardly ever see the 230 anymore. And, yes, I guess it was XL.
Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:08 AM Subject: Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use? > Yep, mine is the 240 XL, (not LX). The must have given up on the motor and > gone to the digital display for the 240. It is a great meter, and it still > functions perfectly. > Paul > > Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > > I had the one with the motor driven analog dial (Vivitar 230LX?). It was > > really neat until your used it outside in the winter. When cold the motor > > pulled too much current for the IC. After the third replacement IC, first > > two were under warenty, I gave up on it. I still think it was the neatest > > meter I have ever seen. Too bad they didn't engineer it properly. > > > > Ciao, > > graywolf > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:39 PM > > Subject: Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use? > > > > > As I mentioned the other day, I have a near twenty year old Vivitar > > > 240XL. It's a multimeter: flash, averaging and incident. It has a digital > > > readout and provides an EV number in tenths. You have to use a > > > conventional, circular slide rule type scale to determine exposure at a > > > given film speed. It can do cumulative flash exposure. And is capable of > > > both incident and averaging flash metering. I also have a Pentax > > > Spotmeter V. I am quite fond of both. > > > Paul > > > - > > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
