Is this worth keeping?

[rizla01]

Hi all.

Could someone advise please.

I inherited a lot of ancient photo equipment and among it all was a Kodalux light meter.

They seem quite sought after and I want to know, is this because they are good & small or purely for the collector.

I.e if using a manual lens on a DSLR would it be useful?

 

[Yardbent]

google will show a shed load of info

ebay.............sold "here"....£48.88

 

[rizla01]

Would anyone with, for example, a 500d & a non AF lens, use one of these?

None of my googling has answered this.

I am trying to work out whether I am likely to need it or to sell it?

I am getting further into photography and intend getting a decent £500 DSLR but I have some manual lenses (x7) that I intend trying out and perhaps using.

 

[magicaxeman]

Why are they popular?

1 no obsolete battery needed

2 hot shoe mount so will fit on any camera with an assy shoe

3 Made for Kodak Retina's which along with other old film camera's are seeing a resurgence in popularity.

Do you need it? no, you can use the camera's meter even with manual lenses, just use either Av or manual mode and the metering should still be accurate.

 

[rizla01]

Perfect answer Ian.

Just what I needed. Thanks a bunch.

Fleabay here we come.

 

[Harvey_nikon]

When I have my old 50mm 1.8 attached to my D60 I can't meter so something like this would be great for those cases. Luckily, it does meter on the D700, just not sure about the sharpness!

 

[allanm]

Back in the old days I used to use a Weston light meter ( I still have it too)
They can be really useful in certain circumstances.
Basically, there are two types of metering. One is reflective light and this is the one your camera uses, with its internal meter, that measures the light reflected from your subject as it enters the camera lens. You can use the light meter to measure reflective light too.
But, you can also use your light meter to measure incident light which is the light falling on the model or subject. Simply put, you set the light meter and camera to the same shutter and ISO settings. When you take a reading from the light meter, it will tell you the correct settings to use on your camera.

Is it useful or worth keeping? I suppose if you are doing studio work or using a manual lens with no TTL metering, then yes.

Allan