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I have a VC-II meter and I like it a lot. Unfortunately, the battery that came with this meter quit working only after 3 months of moderate use. I hope its the battery's problem, and not the meter's.

<I want to use it to meter without lifting the camera to the eye and would use it both on and off the body.>

Thats how I use it. Get a strap for the meter too (for carrying it off the body).

Nice shot Matt!

For the border, I just increase the canvas size; are there any side effects of this method?

Forgot to mention: they say, you can stop it down all the way to f/22 and not loose sharpness!

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=614394">Here</a> are some of my test shots (mind that mine has some haze and a small air-bubble inside it).

I just got this lens. In LTM, there are two versions, one takes A36 filter, while the other takes E39 (I think the optical formulae are the same). Mine is the older A36 version. It looks kinda cute, but handling is a bit problematic. Changing apertures is tricky (requires a three-finger operation, rather than two) if the lens is not locked at infinity. I also sometimes accidentally change the aperture while focusing the lens. I don't know whether the hood will fix this problem (BTW, the right hood is FOOKH, which is very costly).

Most of these lenses will have some haze (?). Mine looks like new, but have some internal haze (can only be seen with a flashlight). Mine does flare (but it might be due to the haze); stopped down, it has slightly better contrast than the summicron 50 rigid. Its sharp enough for me, even wide open.

Look in the archives, you'll find a lot of discussion on this lens.