Introduction to Light Meters | La Vida Leica!
I’ve been seeing quite a bit of talk on Twitter about light meters lately, perhaps because I follow mostly film shooters or simply because it’s a trending topic in the photographic community. But regardless of which medium you shoot, you are metering light (if you don’t know the difference between incident and reflective metering, do yourself a favor and Google that – I suggest this site (link is external)). Many people let the camera do the metering behind the scenes while others like to take full control of this aspect of photography. I love to use hand-held meters to get the most accurate possible reading. But the purpose of this post isn’t to tell you how to do it or which is the best, rather it’s to tell you about the 4 light meters I use all the time and why I use them. I’ll leave the conclusions to be drawn by you. I always have at least one meter on me – nearly 24/7. That’s my phone. In a pinch, it’ll get me a useable reading using one of the many apps that you can download for free or for cold cash. So, I’ll talk about that one first……
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