New to film

[Byron Lentz]

Hi Byron, welcome to the dark side Or should I say back to the light? All kidding aside, the Yashica D's are great little cameras. What else did you end up getting for cameras? There are many types of meters available. What type of shooting do you plan to do and what kind of budget are you working with? Having gone with a few different types of meters now, unless you need to take flash readings, I would have to recommend going with a good spotmeter. You can pick up a used Soligor Spot Sensor II for about $75-$150 or if you want the best, I would look for a Pentax Digital Spotmeter which can occasionally be had for around $300 but, more likely will be $400+. Both of these meters run on 9v batteries, so there will be no voltage issues. As cameron mentioned, Sunny 16 can prove to be a valuable tool to learn. Here's a good link you should check out:

THE ULTIMATE EXPOSURE COMPUTER

Checked out the ultimate exposute computer, very good stuff. Thanks.

[Xia_Ke]

Checked out the ultimate exposute computer, very good stuff. Thanks.

Takes a little practice to get used too and while I would never use it in place of my spot, it certainly works well in a pinch if you forget a meter. Also good for telling when your battery is starting to go in your meter. Was out shooting a few months ago and a reading seemed about 2 stops or so off. Sure enough it was the battery going. If I hadn't spent some time shooting without a meter I never would have noticed.