The  Flash Meter VI is the worthy successor to the wonderful Minolta Flash Meter V.  I guess most noteworthy is that it's both a spot meter as well as an incident meter.  This is obviously a response to the highly successful Sekonic line of incident/spot meters, most notably the L558 Cine.



My main reservation about this meter is that it doesn't read foot-candles.  Also it doesn't directly compensate for filters though, as on the FM V you can enter a stop offset which I've found works just fine.  It has an analog T-stop scale that runs all the way, top to bottom covering the entire length of the face of the meter. That's an obvious nod to the old Cinemeter.  I have to admit a sincere affection for the Cinemeter with all its flaws.

There is an exposure range function that, though not new, makes good use of the combination of luminance and illuminance features of the meter.  The users manual is available on-line.  It's broken into parts one and two.  You might want to take a look at it before you seriously consider this complex meter.

One advantage of the Flash Meter VI over the L558L is that the Konica Minolta meter uses a single AA battery as opposed to the CR123A used by the L558 Cine.