That Gossen sounds like a real keeper. And the Pentax would be very useful because of that 1 degree spot. If they cost you little, I'd hang onto them.
I could sure use a thrift store like that! You must have a busy eBay account. :-) On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:28 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > on 2013-01-13 8:22 Bruce Walker wrote > >> In fact, the iPhone lightmeter >> apps cannot do: >> >> - spot metering >> - incident flash >> - flash/ambient ratios >> - flash triggering >> - readings triggered by sync cable >> - cine readings > > > benefits of living a block from an excellent thrift store: i happen to have > a Pentax Spotmeter-V and a Gossen Ultra-Pro, both in great shape; very > interesting devices; the Gossen has dozens of functions - reflective, > incident, flash, etc. - while the Spotmeter-V is perfectly minimal — just > reads EV from a 1 degree spot (it's got a Hycam scale on the side so i use > my iPhone to convert EV to exposure) > > also have an Extech industrial light meter, which i plan to use to check the > Gossen's incident readings > > i don't really need them, but using them for some learning, and will pass > them on fairly soon > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
