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| Sekonic L-758DR Light Meter (Black) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sekonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $769.00
Buy New: $488.23
You Save: $280.77 (37%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 3.5 x 1.9
MPN: L-758
Model: L-758
EAN: 4962294011369
ASIN: B000L9M2LU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Complicated, poor interface, doesn't come with important "target" January 8, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Sekonic 758DR is obviously an incredibly powerful tool, capable of a vast array of functions. However, the interface to this device is only fair, the included software is fairly rough and lacks even basic wizard functions to walk the user through use. The biggest problem though is that for $499.00, you don't get the option "profiling target" that allows one to create custom profiles for their digital or film camera. It's an extra $100.00! For this price, Sekonic is gouging their customers.
This is a device that needs an Interaction Designer to go through it and make it less pure engineering and more intuitive. Sekonic should include this magic target accessory and not lead customers to believe they're getting a feature that, in reality, is not complete.
I can't recommend this product.
What else will be needed? December 28, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
Well, I opened my Christmas present and voila! Just what I wanted! The Sekonic L-758 DR! I take it out, caressing it gently, and start to read.....hhhuuuuummmmm. I requested this meter because of it's acclaimed ability to "profile" and store in the meter, up to 3 cameras. That is what I am talking about! I have the Nikon D100, D200, FM2, 8008s, Nikkormat EL.....you get the picture. I wanted to be able to profile all my cameras and when going to use the meter, download the appropriate profiles. I have the meter and cameras and I am ready to go!......NOT! Guess after paying $500.00 for a meter, if I want to use it as desired, I have to buy the profile target! Yep, doesn't come with one! Kinda like buying a car and after the paper work is done, the salesman asks if you want wheels on it! Called Sekonic.....they don't sell it. Apparently the very item needed to use this meter as advertised is "third party?". And guess what the kicker is..........this little piece of printed matter costs another $100.00!!!!!!! SSssssoooooo.....guess if I want to keep and use the meter, I am going to have to shell out another $100.00! BUT!!!! If I do, I will make this profile target available to all who want to use it, all you do is pay the postage both ways! Heck, I may buy several! See if that puts a dent in someones pocket! I think I will go out now and kick my dog! Nah.....I like my dog. Guess I'll kick a tree ..... nope .... that would probably hurt!
Well....look forward to the product review....I will be analyzing this puppy down to the last tiny screw!!!!!
Best of wishes!
 all in one unit December 9, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
There are lots of times when the meter in your camera does a good job. For the rest of the time you need a meter. I used this for taking an evening shot of Christmas lights over a lake. Maybe I could of guessed the exposure, but the Sekonic meter made the process much less prone to errors. I got an excellent shot the first time. I have not used all the features yet, but the spot meter is excellent.
Gossen Starlite contra Sekonic L-758DR June 1, 2007
13 out of 49 found this review helpful
I own both the Gossen and the somewhat equivalent Sekonic light meters. ( This review is also posted for the Gossen product )
Gossen StarLite ~$670
Sekonic L-758DR ~$499
Comparison:
1) The Sekonic is much less expensive with many more features for the money
2) The Gossen just seems "cheap'. The battery cover is a pain to remove. You need a coin and even then you have to shake it or pry it off. There is no real sealing. The Sekonic, on the other hand, has a very positive latch and the cover has a rubber gasket. I can open and close the Sekonic ten times in the time it takes to remove the Gossen's cover once.
3) The Sekonic has an adjustable eyepiece ( correction ) for the spot meter while the Gossen does not.
4) The Gossen's case is a very tight fit and you have to work to put it in the case and to remove it. The Sekonic's case is somewhat better.
5) The Sekonic is relatively easy to configure. The Gossen has DIP switches inside the ( inacessible ) battery compartment. The manual for the Gossen is confusing as the DIP switch's numbering INTERNALLY is 4..1 from the top DOWN and the manual numbers the opposite. ( You have to figure this out. The illustration showing the actual settings for the DIP switch is correct ) Unless you are playing around, you probably will only have to set the Gossen's DIP switch a few times.
6) It takes a LOT of torque to raise or lower the Gossen's lumisphere; the Sekonic's is much easier to raise or lower.
Accessibility:
7) For people with photosensitive / pattern sensitive epilepsy, the Sekonic is probably the worst piece of equipment I own or have ever used. It is just blink, blink, blink. You turn it on, it blinks for ten seconds. You change the mode, it blinks for ten seconds. When you attempt to make a measurement outside of it's measuring range, it blinks. The analog display at the bottom has blinking elements ( I just had a moderate complex partial seizure a couple of minutes ago when I turned it on to check it out for this review ) With the Gossen, when it encounters an out-of-measuring range error, it just indicates "Err" with no blinking. Nevertheless, only about 10% or so of the Gossen's functionality is accessible - you cannot use anything except the basic lightmeter functions if you want to avoid blinking elements on the display.
Anyways, if you love blinking displays and don't care about accessibility, the Sekonic is the clear choice. Otherwise, go for the Gossen as it is at least somewhat usable compared to the Sekonic's extreme unusability for epileptics.
Comment: the Sekonic is so hopeless I probably will never even turn it on again except for a more extensive review and I am going to suffer when I do that. ( I was quite sick from the seizure when I wrote the Gossen review and I am somewhat better now and I have made a few corrections when I posted the review for the Sekonic light meter )
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