Laura's point about the scales/dials is unanswerable, and besides, the analogue Pentax has a light built in so you can read the scales in the finder, just not on the side... I think the Minolta meter has a light-up digital panel on the side (it's years since I used one, but I was very impressed indeed) but I know for a fact that the Gossen lights up inside and has no external scales. It also uses the little blocky 9v battery, not the weird battery that Pentax calls for.
If you really need something that can be used in very poor light levels, I'd recommend either the Minolta (admirably compact) or the rather bulky Gossen, but I'd add that if light levels are that poor, you'll not be able to take shadow readings anyway, because the meter won't be sensitive enough (the SEI Photometer usually is, but that's another story). Highlight readings for tranny should be no problem, of course. |