I bought a Weston Pixie amateur meter because I wanted a meter pre-compensated for negative film.
Well, it isn't. Just like the in-camera meter, it is pre-compensated for slide film bias.
It isn't going to do better than my Pentax ME Super SE's meter. And it probably won't do worse.
Instruction manuals for the camera and the meter are similar to:
+1 more stop for breakfast/dinner outdoor light and indoors light, and
+2-1/3rds more stops for night shots.
That's almost exactly how different negative and slide films are. Well, with a lot of practice, meter for slide film compensation yet using negative film is "old hat" and doable.
But, someday, I would like to purchase a meter biased for color negative film, and this isn't. It is slide-film biased and can serve to second-guess the in-camera meter, which is also slide film biased.
I wish there was a meter with the linearity of color negative film. At least this charming mid-century classic, new in the box, can do the same as a working in-camera light meter. And, the Weston Pixie does facilitate re-labeling the 4 dials/conditions for an update.
Last edited by danielwritesback; 11-25-2019 at 10:15 AM.