Light meter recommendations

[auddii]

Originally Posted by Tom

And it works and is lots cheaper than a light meter.

Except that Chris said he's looking for his film camera since the internal meter doesn't work.

Sorry, I don't use one (I'm not using my film camera anymore, and I'm pretty sure my meter is shot too), so no advice to give. Interested in the responses though. :)

[jstevensphoto]

Originally Posted by Tom

I don't really understand the use for a light meter now that we are out of the film age. I use my eyes and sometimes my LCD.

I winged it with the LCD for a year, but when I got back to my iMac, everything was over or underexposed, especially when using off-camera speedlights. It's nice to know my portraits are dead-on when I download them.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by jstevensphoto

I winged it with the LCD for a year, but when I got back to my iMac, everything was over or underexposed, especially when using off-camera speedlights. It's nice to know my portraits are dead-on when I download them.

Mine have been pretty dead on SOOC:



That's straight out of the camera. No adjustments of any kind.

[jstevensphoto]

Beautiful portrait. Your eyes are much better than mine when looking at that LCD. Great shot.

[Tom]

Maybe my LCD is just more accurate. I would bet there is fairly significant variation.

I also use the same lights over and over again, so same light/same power/same distance=same exposure.