CHF105.–
Sekonic L-208 Twinmate
Light meter
Product ratings
Pros
Cons
11 reviews
Practical for beginners
Pro
- compact
- exactly
Contra
- (comes without battery, but that's ok)
Simple but functional
Pro
- Easy to operate
- Bag included
- Camera mount included
Contra
- Battery is not supplied
Nice and small and accurate. Unfortunately, cheap-looking plastic.
The L-208 Twinmate is very small, perfect for travelling with the analogue camera without a built-in light meter.
The metering accuracy is good. Compared to my good old Minolta Flash Meter IV, which has been used almost daily on photo jobs for decades, the L-208 is about +/- 1/3 stop off in light metering. Negligible with negative film.
It is also great that both light metering (preferred by me) and object metering are possible.
With all the new light meters, from Kickstarter and so on, which are plugged into the hot shoe, only object metering is possible, without an additional grey card.
What I don't like is the cheap and not very stable plastic housing of the L-208.
Pro
- Really small
- Measures accurately
- Old school feeling
- Light metering possible without grey card
Contra
- Cheap looking plastic
- Robustness? Durability for a long time...?
Light and shadow
Unfortunately not quite usable. The object measurement is correct, the light measurement is off by up to three stops (depending on the amount of light)! Too bad. I cannot recommend the device.
Pro
- small and light
Contra
- much plastic
- light measurement not correct
6 out of 11 reviews
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