Jonathan Powell // jpowell@walrus.com wrote:

>> I was just given an old (1952) Contessa camera with Zeiss optics. It
>> looks solid enough and I'd like to use it, but the light meter on it is
>> shot and probably wasn't that good to start with. That said, I'm a novice
>> to photography and need advice as to what sort of light meter I should get
>> and what I should even look for in a light meter. What's the range of $$$
>> these things cost, also?

Call B & H, and ask for the cheapest Sekonic meter - reliable and accurate,
and not too horribly expensive....
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