I have been looking for one of these for a long time...............

STM

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And finally found a Minolta Color Meter IIIF for a good price. This one is in mint condition and they are rare and usually command a pretty high price ($450-$500) but I think the seller did not do their research before he listed it! I got this one for about $330. They only read color temperature, not exposure. My Sekonic L-358 works perfectly for that. They come in especially handy doing studio work.

I have never put much faith in the WB presets on any of my DSLR's but this one reads in ºK and also filter number (they did come out in the film days) for both ambient and flash. Dialing in the exact ºK color temperature into the D850 or D500 works like a champ and I no longer have to adjust color temperature in Camera Raw. They come in especially handy if you have mixed light sources in the same scene. Sekonic also makes one but I like this one better and the Sekonic one is more expensive.

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