Things We Love: Voigtländer VC Speed Meter II

If you’re into analog film cameras, by extension you’re also into light meters. This is because while most modern cameras contain excellent TTL metering systems, if you use film cameras made prior to the 1970s and ’80s chances are: A. the camera has a meter but it doesn’t work anymore; B. the meter works but it’s no longer accurate; C. they stopped making batteries for your meter when Jimmy Carter was President; or D. the camera never had a light meter in the first place. If you resonate with any of the above and your film camera has an accessory shoe, the solution for each of the abovementioned grievances is the Voigtländer VC Speed Meter II.

The Voigtländer VC Speed Meter II, which is available in black or silver, is an affordable, accurate, and visually pleasing.

Available in a choice of black and silver, Voigtländer’s jewel of a light meter measures a mere 1.6 x 1.5 x 0.56" and weighs about 1.5 ounces, making it comparable in weight and mass to a squared-off 9-volt battery. Aesthetically speaking, the VC Speed Meter II is a lot prettier to look at than a 9-volt battery, and it visually complements every camera on which I’ve ever seen it. It’s also a piece of cake to use and it’s very accurate.