Reviewed by
mark h , Professional

Price Paid
$299.00 at b&h

Photography Experience
21+ years , People

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

Reviewed by
seoirse , Expert

Price Paid
$120.00 at secondhand

Photography Experience
21+ years , Other

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

Reviewed by
jmuxica , Professional

Price Paid
$249.00 at adorama

Photography Experience
6-10 years , People

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!

Reviewed by
knipser , Professional

Price Paid
$0.00

Photography Experience
11-20 years , Other

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.

Reviewed by
darrelll , Expert

Price Paid
$250.00 at Simon's Camera Holly

Photography Experience
21+ years , Outdoor

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