Old Sekonic Light Meter

[NgaiHill]

It turns out that my paternal grandfather (died before I was born) was a keen photographer & my mother recently discovered a box of slides, photographs and bits & bobs Dad had stored in the garage. With Dad now gone she passed the box & its contents onto me.
Amongst the slides and a tiny diary for 1953 was this Sekonic Light Meter. Its a "Baby Sekonic MkII". I don't know how old it is although my grandfather appeared to do most of his photography in the 1950's and he died in 1963, so older than that. I don't even know how to use it. Anyone with any experience of these things that would like to shed some light on it please let me know.


And the backside...


Further photos can be found here...Sekonic Light Meter

[inkista]

Cool.

I know nothing of light meters, but I'd say take a look at the manual for the Sekonic L-398A or the L-208. They're still current in the Sekonic lineup, but are old school analog and operate without batteries. The displays look pretty similar to yours, so they probably operate in a similar manner.

[NgaiHill]

Thanks Inkista.

I did notice some similar looking models when I googled Sekonic. Will have to have a read of the online instruction manual and see if I can figure it out.

[zona5101]

the meter reads without a battery. It reads s fixed amount of light like an ev only it gives you shutter/fstop. 1/125 f4 is what the dial reads in your shot...

iirc, You crank the dial and put "125" on out film asa then read the other side of the dial for fstop/shutter combinations. You could put the block fstop on your asa too and read the otherside for the combination.

[NgaiHill]

Wow, thanks Bruce. After another look at my wee meter that explanation made total sense! (I mean that sincerely cos it was greek the first time I read through it) Am I right in assuming that the ASA speed would equate to ISO setting on my digital camera?
Thanks again!