It's Sekonic's 70th birthday! And there's a commemorative light meter on the way

Sekonic 70th anniversary
(Image credit: Sekonic)

Specialist light meter and color meter manufacturer Sekonic is celebrating its 70th anniversary – and it is marking the occasion by releasing a commemorative, limited edition light meter. 

Sekonic was founded on 01 June 1951 as Seiko Electric Industries Co. Ltd, by Ryuichi Mitani, as an engineering, manufacturing and design company for light meters and selenium purification systems. That same year it released the Sekonic L-1 and is today renowned for making some of the best light meters for photography, changing the company name to that of its flagship brand by 1960. 

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James Artaius
Editor

James has 22 years experience as a journalist, serving as editor of Digital Camera World for 6 of them. He started working in the photography industry in 2014, product testing and shooting ad campaigns for Olympus, as well as clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal. An Olympus / OM System, Canon and Hasselblad shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and he loves instant cameras, too.