GossenDigisky Digital GO 4039 Exposure Meter for Flash and Ambient Light for Cameras,Black

Kind of cheap plastic for the price

Using it with Elinchrom BR500Xi strobes and Canon 6D. Cannot find a fault yet. Loved, integral part of my overall home studio system.

Product box came open and clearly was repacked not sure if it was afloor model or demo or returned

A few quick disjointed thoughts on this, comparing a little with the Sekonic 478, which has similar capabilities.We have a pretty high-end meter here, with a decidedly low-end build quality. It should be made out of titanium and gorilla glass for what Gossen is charging, instead of light, easily-abraded plastic. The mode-switching control switch feels cheap too, and is hard to use with any precision.**(UPDATE: the display fell off and I had to glue it back on. Still functional, but yeah, wow)**The front-facing dome doesn't swivel. This isn't a deal breaker, but I often take incident readings while facing the camera position, and that becomes awkward with this unit. The good news about the dome is that it facilitates a beautifully sleak, easily-pocketed design.The battery is a rechargeable lithium-ion. AAA might have been better for me, but at least it doesn't need a hard to find disposable like a CR123. It charges with the included adapter or directly through mini-USB, which can be done pretty easily, anywhere -- as long as you have a cord handy.Wireless triggering is where the magic is, with several protocols supported (Elinchrom, Broncolor, Phottix), though, sadly, no Pocket Wizard at this time. With the Sekonic 478 you're stuck with one brand. You'd have to buy a Phottix-enabled 478 AND an Elinchrom-enabled 478 if you needed both. Anyway, Gossen adds support via firmware upgrades (Broncolor, with the most recent v. 1.18), and that seems to be an advantage.Like all of my Gossens you can grab reflected measurements (20 degree, in this case) without an additional adapter. I primarily use hand-helds for incident measurements, but reflected can come in handy when I'm out and about with a meterless film camera -- it makes it a better 'everywhere' utility than the Sekonic 478.The display isn't great in bright light, but I find it easier to see than the touchscreen of the Sekonic 478. Oh, the display also isn't a touchscreen, but a display navigable with hardware buttons. This is a good thing, IMO; I don't care for the Sekonic 478's touchscreen.It boots with virtually no delay, and wakes from 'sleep' mode instantly with a press of the measure button.You have to jump into menus to change the ISO -- this is inconvenient with digital photography, where of course we change ISO at will. You can, however, pre-configure and save three different camera setups and switch back and forth pretty easily. The three configurations can even include different radio systems. So I could configure one for home, where I use, say, a 400 iso and Phottix triggers, and one for the work studio where we use Elinchrom and typically a lower iso.. You get the idea.I like this meter a lot as a carry-everywhere utility. Overall I prefer it over the Sekonic 478 for field use, though you could argue the 478 offers more features for less money. The built-in reflected meter and multiple triggering protocols tip the scale for me, plus it powers up instantly. Having one is certainly a no-brainer for anyone using the supported wireless triggers, particularly, again, if they are using more than one brand of trigger.This probably isn't an awesome $500+ meter, but it's a very good $200 meter. If you can get one used or on sale, or if you're feeling rich, go for it.*UPDATE: I see the price has dropped a bit -- still too expensive at around $400. The wireless triggering point has become moot since I've switched everything over to Godox; I am again without a triggering meter :D *

It's a light meter - it's accurate and it triggers Elinchrom Skyports.If you have Skyports, it's a no brainer. Get it.

muy liviano

The meter is nice to use but i discovered software defect which I reported to Gossen. They confirmed the defect but no software fix/update since I bought the meter which is about 14 months ago. The defect is: Set ISO 16000 in setup menu. Return to main screen and do measurement. The displyed ISO is 1600 . One zero is missing. The company does not care if the defect is fixed or not. I would not buy this product again.On Jun 3, 2012 I installed software update which I have obtained from sales representative. I can confirm that the defect I have reported was fixed. The software update is not available on Gossen web site yet.

I love this meter and do not know why some don’t like it. It is light, small and a joy to use and has every type of info that a cinematographer or photographer could want. Since I am retired now, I spent some time reading and learning this meter. I’ve had and used other meters over the years, but this one is my favorite now. My now backup meter is a Gossen Luna Star F I got in 1991, which was/is always reliable and accurate, but this DigiSky is even easier to use. I think they priced it too high at $399, but a great buy at $300.