what TLR cameras meter ?

Off the top of my head, the Yashica EM, Yashica Mat 124 and 124G all meter. Rollei's after a certain age do, but I'm not clued up on numbers. A lot of people tend to just use a handheld meter.
 
I don't think any of the TLR have a spot meter.

As freecom2 says the Yashicas are a good place to start the 124G has a meter and if you look around can be had for less than £200

I have a 124G and I find the meter to work very well on it.
 
Another vote here for a decent external meter to be honest. That way it will work with whatever wierd and wonderful camera you end up with as a result of reading the threads in here. I'm currently keeping an eye out for a used 1-degree finder for my Sekonic L358, which would make me very happy indeed.
 
TheBigYin said:
Another vote here for a decent external meter to be honest. That way it will work with whatever wierd and wonderful camera you end up with as a result of reading the threads in here. I'm currently keeping an eye out for a used 1-degree finder for my Sekonic L358, which would make me very happy indeed.
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I've been pricing up spot meters, from what I can see the L358 and the accessory 1-degree finder seems to be the most affordable route to a spot meter, or is there anything of better value I've missed?
 
The L358 is probable the best value but if your just after a Spot Meter then keep an eye out for the Minolta Spot Meter IV.
 
Well - I already have the base L358 as my flash-meter, so getting the 1 deg spot add on is a no-brainer for me tbh.
 
thesmileyone said:
Bit confused basically found a Rolleicord TLR F2.8GX but its £3k, are there any others that are manual focus but will spot meter so i dont have to work out how long to expose for in my head ?
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The Rollei has a centre-weighted meter, but not a spot meter.

There is a website that appears to be supplying an adapted Kiev 88 spot meter prism for a Mamiya C330 TLR. But you're looking at near-enough the same price as a hand-held spotmeter*.

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* And you'd still be manually transferring the meter readings to the camera anyway.
 
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The Yashica Mat 124 G has an in-built meter, but so many people complain about inaccuracy and a lot of them no longer work at all that it's really hit-or-miss. And as people have mentioned, it's not a spot meter it's just centre weighted.

You could luck out and get one that works absolutely perfectly though, which I happened to do with my 124 G. That is, until last weekend when it started to malfunction in a way I've never seen one do before...

You can buy accurate and small spot meters for around £5-10, it's not much of an inconvenience to carry one around your neck/in your pocket as they don't tend to weigh much either.
 
Jakska said:
You can buy accurate and small spot meters for around £5-10, it's not much of an inconvenience to carry one around your neck/in your pocket as they don't tend to weigh much either.
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Please tell me where! :eek:
 
I bought a Jonan Elite meter from a second-hand shop in Brighton called North Laine Antique and Flea Market for £5, not sure whether it's 1 degree but it's "spot" enough to count, and it has incident metering ability too. Plus it's dead-on accurate, which to be honest I was very surprised at. They had a number of different meters in there, including a couple of Weston Masters for £15-25 :)

I've also seen old Vivitar meters and the like on ebay for similar prices.

edit: After looking around online to try and find things out about the Jonan Elite it turns out the Vivitar 43 is exactly the same meter...
 
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I have a Polaris with a spot meter attachment for it, I don't remember it being very expensive either.
 
I think i just meant "meter accuratly" rather than "spot meter" !

Basically the idea of the rollei is that i can get up close and personal within street photography but because im looking down people wont know im shooting them. Messing around with a handheld meter like a sekonic will ruin this deception.
 
Certainly the meter on the Yashicamat is extremely difficult to read if you don't have perfect eyesight....

I suspect others may be similar.

A decent handheld meter should give you a good reading and if the light changes, a quick check will tell you thatr you need to modify and by how much
 
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Certainly the meter on the Yashicamat is extremely difficult to read if you don't have perfect eyesight....
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I dunno. Mine's perfectly easy to use and I wear glasses. It's close enough to my L-358 most of the time, thankfully.

However, I'd definitely go with a separate meter. As TheBigYin said, you can then use it with any camera.
 
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