kev Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 I just bought this meter online and recived it. But I am not sure if it is working. Does the LCD display light up? If not how do you view the screen at night?? Is there a burron of something you can do to light it up? The Minolta 4 light up as well as the the Minolta F spot meter. Also, how on earth to you read multiple flashe pops?There was a switch on the side of the Minolta 4 but on this onesgeez. I think I may have wasted $400+ bucks. The manual is crap! Frustrated pleae advise. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_h._hartman Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I really doubt that you wasted $400.00+ bucks. This is a new product and there are probably very few owners as yet. You could try calling Minolta. I e-mailed Minolta and asked for a brochure and was told they don�t have one yet. You might try this� http://www.minoltausa.com/eprise/main/MinoltaUSA/MUSAContent/CPG/CPG_Faqs/Cpg_AskYourQuestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckk Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I'll buy it for $300!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_ratzlaff Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 but can no longer find the info. Probably went into the unarchived forum here at photo.net, but can't remember for sure where I posted this info. Anyhow, to answer your questions. 1.) Backlight for the external LCD -> NO, there is no backlight. Only the internal spot meter display is lit (orange color). Yep, no backlight on the external LCD panel is really missed. 2.) The FM 6 doesn't have support for reading/calculating multiple flash readings. Too bad because this is a nice feature, but you can always work the math yourself. -------------------------------------------------------------- Also a couple of other things different between the new FM 6 and the FM 5: -------------------------------------------------------------- 3.) No Auto mode like the FM 5. No great loss here as I never used the Auto mode on the FM 5 anyhow. 4.) Analyze (flash to ambient ratio) feature of FM 6 only has 4-5 segments (depending on how you interpret the user's manual) instead of 10 like the FM 5. Not really that big of a deal. Except the FM6 manual really doesn't explain this worth a crap. One place states there are 5 segments if you include the flash symbol, then the example shows the four segments and states each is roughly 25%, which basically contradicts what was stated prior with the percentages given to the flash symbol only then the flash symbol + 1 segment, two segments and so on. 5.) FM 6 will NOT accept the optional Booster II unit like the FM5. The only optional accessories are a longer sync cord and the optional flat diffusor (spelling???). But all is not lost, the FM 6 spot meter does meter down to a lower EV than either the Sekonic L-508 or L-608. AND ... the Latitude function is really quite nice, and it's user configurable. Overall, the only things I miss are the backlight of the external LCD display panel and the multi-pop capability. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_ratzlaff Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 See here: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0054aB BR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carson Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Stephen, Apparently, another change from V to VI is the V had an aperture priority mode, and the VI does not (or, it doesn't say it has one on Minolta's web site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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