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Anonymous
Hey /p/. I just got myself a Mamiya 645 Super with the waist-level finder. I researched this camera top to bottom, except for one thing and now I feel like a total idiot. Is there any way to meter with it, without the AE Prism finder? Or with the waist finder am I just stuck with metering by my eye?
Thanks

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>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
use Sunny 16 rule, or get a hand held light meter.
>> Anonymous
I don't know what would be a better investment - the AE prism finder for the camera or a decent handheld meter. The prism finder would be more convenient, but the light meter would be handy in lots of other places, usable between cameras and probably more accurate.

For now I think I'll just carry around my little minolta SLR and use the meter off of that.
>> Anonymous
I've been thinking about it and with a prism finder costing ~$250, that can buy me a lot of film. I'm pretty good at metering scenes on my own without a light meter and with that much film to play around with I'd be better off in the end. I might still get a handheld light meter some day.