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Reviewed by: 

jmuxica

( Professional)

Review Date
March 29, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Review 1 of 16

Price Paid:  $249.00 from adorama

Summary:

Just got it a couple of days ago. I travel a lot and I usually rent my heavy gear to make it easier on myself. In the case of this meter, I really fell in love with it when I rented it. At first I was confused about the dials and compared to the Minolta's that I had been using, it seemed kind of harder to use... but after a few moments of using it I realized it was actually really easy and just a matter of reading the manual once (light reading) and your are ready to go. One could argue about the plastic casing but in the end is probably only a factor if you have a tractor drive over it... other than that, it's one that I would recommend.. I am loving every bit of it .. I wish my elinchrom remote triggers would work with it so I don't have to go buying PWs.

Strengths:

Ease of use. Spot on readings and with proper adjustments for different lenses or filters, it works flawlessly.

Weaknesses:

Not found a real one yet ...

Similar Products Used:

Minolta V

Customer Service:

Not used it yet!



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Reviewed by: 

knipser

( Professional)

Review Date
July 23, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

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Review 2 of 16

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:

Best meter I ever had. Very useful with the built-in radio transmitter to trigger monolights and flashlights. No cords, just photographic luxury. Very nice: quad triggering and the analyzing function which shows the ratio of ambient and flash light.

Strengths:

Top quality, fair price, multiple functions, better than most other light meters.

Weaknesses:

none

Similar Products Used:

Aspen Polaris 1 Lightmeter

Customer Service:

never needed since today.



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Reviewed by: 

darrelll

( Expert)

Review Date
August 25, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 3 of 16

Price Paid:  $250.00 from Simon's Camera Holly

Summary:

I love this meter! It is more than weatherproofed! While shooting in Yosemite for a week with my 4x5 and my Nikon Dslr, I accidentally dropped my L358 meter in the Merced River and chased it about 10 ft down the river. I didn't want to try turning it on after being submerged in the river so I dryed it with a cloth, removed the battery and let it dry in the sun for an hour. It did look dry inside I will say. anyway, after allowing to dry, turned it on and it worked perfect. I'm sure I could have turned it on and used it while it was wet, but since it said it was only weatherproof, I didn't want to take a chance. Anyway, I won't be scuba diving with it but I am not going to worry about it getting wet in a rainstorm or in the snow.

I did get the transmitter module with the purchase and I just recently got the PW Multimax triggers and they work great together. This is after I wasted $80 on two sets of those worthless cheapo radio triggers found on feebay. Those things worked okay for the first few times and got worse and worse until they wouldn't fire at all.

Strengths:

Fair price, top quality, accurate, weatherproof, PW trigger, expandability and lightweight.

Weaknesses:

Case should be designed to hold the reflected light module.

Similar Products Used:

Weston, old Sekonic, L308



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Reviewed by: 

footdr

( Professional)

Review Date
May 11, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Review 4 of 16

Price Paid:  $280.00 from BH

Summary:

An excellent weathrproof meter with a low learnigncurve. Well constructed has large digitsl bvavklit dispaly and nma=many advanced functions, Can be upgraded to wireless transmiter. Competiveky priced and made well. Three year warranty frim the MAC group

Strengths:

Weatherproof
well made
Delta ev function
upgradeablet to wireless
clear well written instruction book
three year warranty
accurate

Weaknesses:

a mlittle bit larger than i would like

Similar Products Used:

polaris

Customer Service:

none



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Reviewed by: 

gururover

( Intermediate)

Review Date
September 2, 2004

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Review 5 of 16

Price Paid:  $450.00 from Jacobs, London

Summary:

I have owned a number of sekonic meters and have always found them to be exellent to use.I first owned a 308 b2 which was a joy to use and is perfect for a begginer or intermediate. I then upgraded to a 508 which had all the bells and whistles and really makes you stop and think about what your doing but it is really geared more towards proffesionals. I have for some time now been using Digital Slr's and have been making do with a very old sekonic studio deluxe meter. I recently decided to buy the L 358, certain of its Quality and features. At first glass in the shop it seemed a bit plasticky, which was not at all what i was expecting from past experience. I purchased it anyway and took it home, the features on it were very good and just what i was looking for. After playing with it for some time and trying to get used to its functions i was then horrified, the ring to lower and raise the Lumisphere came off in my hand.Worst of all the part that came off seemed to be just held on with glue. Needless to say i returned it to the shop and my confidence was destroyed, they very helpfully gave me a refund. An echange was not even an option sadly. No one else seems to have had this problem though that i can tell of in the other reviews so maybe it was a bit of a lemon that i had picked.!

Strengths:

Nice size and features.

Weaknesses:

Very Plasticky not what you would expect of this company.

Similar Products Used:

308 B2 508

Customer Service:

Glad it broke before that was neccessary.



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