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Reviewed by: mark h
 (Professional)

Review Date
July 6, 2009

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 1 of 18

Price Paid:  $299.00 from b&h

Summary:

Works adequate without the PW attachment. With the pw attachment, you can't meter flash more than 10 feet away:( (

HUGE dissapoinment!)

Weaknesses:

pw attachment



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Rating
Reviewed by: 

seoirse

( Expert)

Review Date
March 26, 2009

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.33 of 5,
3 votes

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Review 2 of 18

Price Paid:  $120.00 from secondhand

Summary:

Bought this meter secondhand to replace an old L-398 Sekonic which had seen better days. Great bargain considering it was spotless.

This is a great meter in my opinion. Very accurate in all modes and very easy to operate. Easy to see readings in poor light. Works great with the optional extra 1 degree spot attachment.

It didn't feel too fragile or plasticky to me but YMMV.


I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

Strengths:

Accurate
Lots of modes
Simple layout - intuitive
spot meter attachment (optional extra) for Zone system

Weaknesses:

Case could do with an extra pocket to keep the spare dome.
Pity it doesn't take AA batteries.

Similar Products Used:

None

Customer Service:

None needed



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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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3.00 of 5,
2 votes

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Review 3 of 18

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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2.33 of 5,
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Review 4 of 18

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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3.00 of 5,
2 votes

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Review 5 of 18

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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