Re: [OM] light meters for a beginner

[dreammoose]

The same MR9 battery adapters that many use for OM-1s will work in the 
Gossen and Leica. $30 to get an M5 working sounds cheap to me :-)
Moose

John Hudson wrote:

> Eric Boyce wrote:
>
> > Has anyone any reccomendations for a reasonablely priced light
> > meter for low light/night photography? under £200.00
>
> Here in Vancouver you can pick up a Gossen Lunasix 3 for $100 or less. I
> have had mine for 30 years and it has worked flawlessly. The only
> problem is that it, and other meters, take the now discontinued Varta
> 1.35v mercury button batteries!
>
> Before buying check what kind of battery you will need. Along with the
> disappearance of these batteries not only has my Lunasix 3 gone into
> retirement but so has the meter in my Leica M5 body which also took the
> same battery :-(

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