I just spot meter off the back of my hand & dial it down -1 stop which gets me pretty close to 18% grey.
As for a meter recommendation the L-308 meters are relatively cheap, easy to use. Cheers, Dave However, depending on how much time I've spent in the sun affects the calibration somewhat :-) 2009/2/26 Nick David Wright <[email protected]>: > > I think that I'd like to purchase a hand-held meter sometime in the near > future. But I'm not really sure which one I'd like to go with. Just looking > to meter ambient light. I'd like something small and simple. What do you all > recommend? > > Also I believe in the past I've seen some that do not require batteries, does > such a thing exist? > > Thanks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

