On May 14, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Bob W wrote: > The thread about exposure differences for film and digital set me browsing > the Sekonic site, where they now offer specifically digital light meters > <http://www.sekonic.com/Products/All/Overview.aspx>. > > Mine are both relics of the film days, including a L-308s and whatever was > the equivalent back then of the L-758 meters. > > I get a lot of use out of the L-308s and noting that they now do the L-308DC > I wonder if it's worthwhile to get one. The main difference that interests > me is calibration. > > Is anyone else here using a calibrated meter / camera combo? If so, how much > difference does it make, and is it easy to use or just another damn thing > getting in the way?
One thing that I don't understand is how a handheld light meter would work significantly better with digital than taking a photo and looking at the histogram. Or, for that matter, if it's an important shot, why not just bracket. Drop $100 on a light meter, and that will buy you a terabyte of storage. Plus, if you bracket in digital, you always have the option of combining the frames in post production. I could almost see some justification for using a hand held meter if you are shooting JPEG, only have a 1GB card, and you camera doesn't have the ability to display histograms or delete test shots. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
