pete_andrews Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 Has anyone had any experience of the Shepherd 'Polaris' lightmeter, please?<br>The appearance and specification of this meter look good for the money, but is it accurate and reliable? I've given up trying to keep my old Weston meters in working order, and I'm now looking to buy one of those black digital readout boxes with half a ping-pong ball on the front.<br>Any advice welcome. (except I don't feel the need for a spotmeter) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott walton Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 It's not bad for about a year... then it gets really fickle. At work, we had them and ended up going with the Sekonics 408's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry edwards Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 I bought one but found it to be neither accurate nor reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart_ethier1 Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 I never felt mine was inaccurate, but it no longer meters flash. Thanks for reminding me---I've been meaning to send it in for repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_milano Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 get yourself a seconic, they have a cheap model (forgot which) able to work for incident and reflected and for both flash and continuos light.Many of my students use it and never found any problem with it, otherwise Gossen has also something cheap in that range. A lightmeter is an investment not worth saving on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_clark4 Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 Hi Pete, I've got the Gossen Luna-pro digital. It works OK, even after dropping it and sitting on it. I've even gotten used to using the half ping-pong ball, and I like it. It has a feature where you can measure the number of stops of contrast in a scene too, but I don't use that much. Best, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie_alcantara1 Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 Got mine 3 years ago and have used this meter a lot. I've had no problems with this meter used both as a flash meter and also as an everyday meter. If I need to buy another meter, I would not hesitate buying another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_andrews Posted May 15, 2001 Author Share Posted May 15, 2001 Thanks very much guys.<br>Sorry Archie, but the 3 to 1 vote against the Polaris means I'll probably go with the equivalent Sekonic model, even though it is 30% more expensive. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrizio_della_manna Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 My polaris is doing good from some years. I miss a 1° spot metering but you cannot have all. Last I got some photo lesson from a known (here of course!) Prof. and he used a Polaris too and he said that it works fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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