Gossen Super Pilot
Nov 24, 2013 08:58:15 #
RKraatz wrote:
I had/have one. No idea what I ever did with it?
Yeah me too. I have/had one somewhere.....it is probably collecting dust along with all my film cameras.
Nov 24, 2013 09:26:06 #
Clif
Loc: Central Ca.
Sekonic Studio Deluxe, about 1968 from a small store in Oroville, California, the same guy who sold me my first SLR a Nikkormat FTN with the 50 mm f 1.4. The best we could find out the FTN was the first all black EPOI received in from Nikon. Memories
Nov 24, 2013 09:29:06 #
Where are you finding the batteries? The liberals of the world banned them long ago. They where a real threat to civilization. Now its the 100 watt light bulb.
Nov 24, 2013 09:47:37 #
WAL wrote:
Where are you finding the batteries? The liberals of the world banned them long ago. They where a real threat to civilization. Now its the 100 watt light bulb.
http://www.amazon.com/WeinCell-MRB625-Replacement-Battery-PX625/dp/B00009VQJ7/ref=sr_1_1/179-2817809-8343925?ie=UTF8&qid=1385304400&sr=8-1&keywords=px+13
Nov 24, 2013 09:50:35 #
Here is the Gossen Super Pilot manual for anyone who has the light meter but no manual.
Nov 24, 2013 10:01:17 #
Nov 24, 2013 10:05:20 #
WAL wrote:
Where are you finding the batteries? The liberals of the world banned them long ago. The were a real threat to civilization. Now its the 100 watt light bulb.
Wein cells work OK but are expensive. I buy #675 hearing aid batteries at Rite Aid, Wally World, Dollar General etc. for $6-$8 for an 8 pack. They are zinc-air (same as Wein cells) and are the correct 1.35 volts.
The #675 hearing aid batteries are a direct replacement for devices using the smaller PX675 mercury oxide batteries; they also work in devices using the larger PX625/PX13 mercury oxide batteries but are a loose fit in the battery compartment. I have not had any problems with the small batteries in the large battery compartments but if the looseness is an issue you can get small "O" rings at the hardware store and put them on the battery for a perfect fit. Incidentally, this is what Wein does for their PX625/PX13 replacement cells; they use the smaller #675 cell and install a spacer around the diameter to make it fit the #675 battery compartment.
Nov 24, 2013 11:14:42 #
jpintn wrote:
I decided to get out my Gossen Super Pilot yesterd... (show quote)
I used a Gossen Luna Pro for several years and gave it to a very good friend of mine when she was going to a photographer's school in California. Last I heard she was still using it.
Nov 24, 2013 11:22:40 #
jpintn wrote:
I decided to get out my Gossen Super Pilot yesterd... (show quote)
I still use an SEI Photometer, along with a variety of other hand held meters. For tripod mounted camera photos, I, mostly, rely on my Sekonic L-758DR, as of late. Nothing wrong with hand held meters, even in this digital age.
Nov 24, 2013 12:27:40 #
Nov 24, 2013 12:38:39 #
doduce wrote:
Mine is a Weston Master V.
Me too, and it works great after 47 years. The invercone is a sweet attachment.
Nov 24, 2013 14:08:23 #
I have a Gossen Luna Pro that I dug out of storage, found new batteries for it and have been using it for the past few months. It doesn't always agree with the camera reading but it seems to be more accurate. I think I'll keep it.
Nov 24, 2013 15:21:28 #
jpintn wrote:
Many young digital photographers have probably never used a handheld light meter. I bought the Super Pilot in 1968 and it served me well through the Yashica 635 TLR, The Kowa Six, and two Mamiya 645's. I even used it with my Mamiya/Secor 1000 DTL even though it had a built in meter.A nice trip down memory lane.
Many young digital photographers have probably never used a handheld light meter. I bought the Super Pilot in 1968 and it served me well through the Yashica 635 TLR, The Kowa Six, and two Mamiya 645's. I even used it with my Mamiya/Secor 1000 DTL even though it had a built in meter.A nice trip down memory lane.
I used a Kowa Super 66 for a while... That was a nice camera, although lenses for it were *way* out of my price range. I had a handheld meter, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what it was...
Nov 24, 2013 15:58:21 #
I had a Weston and a Pentax spot meter that I used with my Rolleiflex TLR (talk about build quality!!) and my Mamiya 645.
Pentax broke and was deemed not repairable. I sold the Rolleiflex when I went Digital (still kick myself now and then for selling it).
I still have the Weston and the 645 (which I'd like to sell).
A trip down memory lane indeed!
Pentax broke and was deemed not repairable. I sold the Rolleiflex when I went Digital (still kick myself now and then for selling it).
I still have the Weston and the 645 (which I'd like to sell).
A trip down memory lane indeed!
Nov 24, 2013 16:59:33 #
I've had two Luna Pros. (The first one was used as a chew-toy by an Irish Wolfhound. Not her fault; mine for leaving it where she could find it.) Great instruments. For the first 20 years of my career I didn't own a camera with an on-board meter.
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