![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Completely forgetting I needed to transfer those settings to the camera. What I mean by this, is that on occasion, perhaps whilst lost in the concentrations of thinking about subject or composition or whatever, I will take a reading, set the aperture and shutter speed on the light meter, illuminate the green dot of ‘correct exposure/go’ … And then take the photo. Which is great… Until I treat it like it’s actually part of the camera. Some will probably think I’m barmy here, but bear with me… By attaching this meter to the camera, it feels like it’s part of the camera. Let me first touch on the psychological impact of a shoe mounted finder. The pros and cons of a shoe mounted finder Make what you will of this info… Most of the time, I just point it roughly in the right direction, but sometimes it’s useful to have a better idea of the behaviour of a meter. Using these 75mm lines, I find there to be about a stop difference from the centre to the edge of the lines in terms of metering sensitivity. This very loosely equates to the 75mm frame lines in a Leica, which is pretty handy (if you have them) as you can use them as a rough guide for where you want to meter from. The Voigtlander VC Meter II meters about a 30 degree viewing angle. Voigtlander VC Meter II light meter – overexposure Metering Angle and behaviour And if the left overexposure LED is lit, since it is pointing to the right, you turn either dial clockwise until the green LED lights up. So if the right underexposure LED is lit, since it is pointing to the left, you turn either dial anti-clockwise until the green LED lights up. To find the correct exposure, first you either set the desired aperture or shutter speed, then move the opposite dial in the direction whichever illuminated red LED is pointing. This is pretty useful in case – like me – your ability to do these sums quickly in your head is sometimes a bit lacking. For eg if f/2 and 1/60th are either side of the centre line f1.4 and 125th, f1 and 250th, f2.8 and 30th and f4 and 1/15th can also be read at a glance. Though, when the green LED is lit, a reading can quite easily and quickly be read from either side of any of the 5 lines. The centre being the obvious choice for taking a reading from. After this 30 seconds the reading is lost though and a new one will need to be taken. Within 30 seconds the LEDs will also display the same reading simply by moving one of the dials again. The readout will display continuously whilst the dials are being moved. Press and release and the reading is displayed for about 5-10 seconds. Press and hold and the reading is continuously updated. The Voigtlander VC Meter II is activated by a push button on the back. The film speed is set via the inner part of the left dial, and once set is thankfully quite hard to knock out of position. The right dial (clicked) is for selecting the shutter speed, the left (un-clicked) is for selecting the aperture and film speed. There are two dials and three LEDs for the readout. The Voigtlander VC Meter II is a very simple meter, very intuitive to use, and quick too. 5 My conclusions on the Voigtlander VC Meter II.3 The pros and cons of a shoe mounted finder.1 Using a Voigtlander VC Meter II light meter.Using a Voigtlander VC Meter II light meter Though I should add, all is not entirely ideal about it fitting on to the camera… At least for my moron-mind… But before I get into that, I should probably explain how it works. The metal bodied design and size have obviously been considered very well as the position it mounts, it’s depth and width just seem ideal especially for Leicas. Not only does it fit on a lot of cameras, but it also looks right. In fact, I can’t think of a camera it hasn’t fit on to, which is testament I suppose to its versatility. Thanks to its moveable foot (is that the right word for the bit that slots in to a shoe … bracket maybe?) it feels perfectly at home on all of my rangefinder cameras. In more recent times I have found myself using it more on the likes of the Leica iiia, M4-P, Contax iia and even more recently on the M3. I have actually reviewed it before, and whilst I do have more to say on the subject now than I did then, the photos in that post at least show it on the Vito b. If memory serves, I bought this meter to go with my Voigltander Vito b around 8-9 years ago. I was trying to decide where to start, and settled on the idea of starting at the beginning starting with the accessory I have had the longest: the Voigtlander VC Meter II shoe mountable mini light meter. ![]() I’ve decided I should review some of the collection of compact camera and rangefinder accessories I seem to have been collecting recently. ![]()
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