bob_dean

I recently sent my FE into ACR, which is in Texas. He did a great job on it. He repairs mainly FE's, FE2's FM2's. Check him out. Abilene Camera Repair.

Thank you for the replies. I will do some more experimentation with the L28 and see if I can more correctly determine its accuracy. I am going to use it to shoot B&W with the Nikon F. I have used it in the past to try and do some family photos but the kids get way too antsy and say jeez dad how long is this going to take : -) Those photos were not bad but I think I could have been not using the meter quite properly.

John, the 398 is just a slightly updated version of the L28c2. Basically the same thing with a couple of small differences. So from what others are saying, there is no telling how accurate the L28 (?)is and maybe I should go and get a 308. My question at this point is, will one of these incident meters work for landscape photography? Or are they only for portraiture photography? Being retired I do not have a big budget for the latest and greatest equipment so that is why I'm looking at older used equipment for film. Thanks

I just tried that experiment using what little green grass I have. I pointed the Nikon at the grass and obtained a reading of between 1/30 and 1/60th of a second at f/8. Next I took the Sekonic and held it close to the grass with the Lumisphere pointing up toward the sky and had to put in the H filter and then obtained a reading of between 1/250 and 1/500th of a second for f/8. So then I took the H filter out and held the Sekonic close to the grass, ~12" off, and had the Lumisphere pointed towards the grass and obtained a reading of between 1/30 and 1/60th of a second for f/8. So is it correct to assume that the Sekonic is measuring accurately if my second measurement with it was the right way to do the experiment? If so, I'm not sure how I would use the Sekonic for landscape photography. Take lots of readings of the area with the Lumigrid and average it out?? Thanks for any help.

I've had this meter for some time and it has always been in the case when not used. I have used it when shooting with an old Nikon F with no light meter. Knowing that the selenium cell can break down over time I would like to figure out if this one still works. I have tried comparing it with metering results from a recently restored FE and come up with some really different values. I'm not sure if this is due to the different metering functions between the FE and the Sekonic. Any thoughts? Thanks PS - I am currently shooting landscapes and so I'm also not sure that this meter can even properly function for the job. If not would a Sekonic 308 work?