09-10-2017, 10:21 PM
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Light meters for photography
If this is in the wrong thread then please move.I have a sekonic L-308S light meter Why? well it is far easier to get a light reading at the subject point then going back and forward with a camera trying to get the right settings. Even works for flash photography
Now i realise this is not what some would approve of but it does make life a lot easier.
Apart from portraits (which I don;t do) a typical senerio would be getting the correct exposure for the camera if the subjuct is in shade.
does anyone else have and use one
10-10-2017, 08:52 AM
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Re: Light meters for photography
I've spent a LOT of money on digital cameras, They have their own light meter and if it doesn't work then I bought the wrong camera. Also - correct use of the histogram to judge exposure is better than any meter. So - use the cameras meter as a starting point - and fine tune using the histogram.The only time I use/need a light meter (I have the same one as above) is in the studio where I use it as a flash meter to balance the lights. Typically going for two stops over the key light for blowing out a background and one stop under key for a fill light.
I do sometimes use a light meter when using some of my older film cameras that have no built in meter. In these cases I use a light meter app on my iPhone. It's VERY accurate.
It was a good couple of stops out.
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