Spot Meter
These Soligor Spot Meters are accurate and easy to use, with a big electronic readout in the sighting viewfinder that gives an EV number (the digital readout gives 1/10 EV increments). You simply set the EV number and ISO on the rotating calculator around the lens and read off your shutter speed/aperture pairings directly. The meter takes a big rectangular 9V battery (the kind used in smoke-detectors), but it's not a terribly heavy or bulky meter (13 oz. including the battery). Mine came with a leatherette case. The view through the sighting viewfinder shows a reasonably wide field of view with a precise scribed circle showing the area being metered. The EV calculator scales read from ISO 6 to 12800, the shutter speed scale goes from 1/4000 to 30 minutes (with a Cine scale also), Aperture scale covers f/1 to f/128, and the EV range of the meter is 0 to 20. I like how simple this is to use, and there is very little to break or go wrong.
Spot Meter
These Soligor Spot Meters are accurate and easy to use, with a big electronic readout in the sighting viewfinder that gives an EV number (the digital readout gives 1/10 EV increments). You simply set the EV number and ISO on the rotating calculator around the lens and read off your shutter speed/aperture pairings directly. The meter takes a big rectangular 9V battery (the kind used in smoke-detectors), but it's not a terribly heavy or bulky meter (13 oz. including the battery). Mine came with a leatherette case. The view through the sighting viewfinder shows a reasonably wide field of view with a precise scribed circle showing the area being metered. The EV calculator scales read from ISO 6 to 12800, the shutter speed scale goes from 1/4000 to 30 minutes (with a Cine scale also), Aperture scale covers f/1 to f/128, and the EV range of the meter is 0 to 20. I like how simple this is to use, and there is very little to break or go wrong.