Light Meters!

I shoot a Nikon D-70. These days the D stands for dinosaur, at least for my older model. My wife has a new Canon.

For indoor shots on my Nikon the light meter is handy. Sure I get decent shots TTL, but I get better shots if I can use a meter. The Canon is much, much better and as tech goes that's expected. However, the meter still gives me a better exposure.

Someone mentioned how easy it is to bracket using a digital camera and I guess that would be quicker than using a meter. Still when you meter people sit still for the shot you want. When I bracket, even when I ask them to stay still, I get slightly different shots with each bracket.

Obviously if I'm using a D-70 I don't buy new cameras often so you could say I'm old school.

The meter will live on for people who want the best possible shot indoors.

Just my two cents.

I still use an MR meter on my Leica M3 and it still takes excellent photos.

I've got a Sekonic L-398 Selenium meter, a thing of beauty, which I use mainly to expose slide film. For negatives (colour, BW), I use a Sekonic Digi-Spot L-488, a spot meter.

The 398 has a great Art Deco look, being a derivative from the very old Norwood Director, which was (still is?) used by Hollywood DP to balance lights.

http://www.adorama.com/images/Product/SKL398A.jpg

I'm using mainly a Mamiya C330 kit in 120 format, and for 35mm I alternate between my Nikon FM2n and my Contax IIa (yet another thing of beauty!).

I use one just about every day/ session.

I used to use a luna 6 incident reading back in the film days.
Go for the easy option is always my guiding principal so don't bother these days.
That said, the good old days of wet photography sure did teach you the basics, making the leap to digital makes you a better digital photographer ( in theory ayway, I guess I'm just lazy ).

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Originally Posted by joscobo

I shoot a Nikon D-70. These days the D stands for dinosaur, at least for my older model. My wife has a new Canon.

For indoor shots on my Nikon the light meter is handy. Sure I get decent shots TTL, but I get better shots if I can use a meter. The Canon is much, much better and as tech goes that's expected. However, the meter still gives me a better exposure.

Someone mentioned how easy it is to bracket using a digital camera and I guess that would be quicker than using a meter. Still when you meter people sit still for the shot you want. When I bracket, even when I ask them to stay still, I get slightly different shots with each bracket.

Obviously if I'm using a D-70 I don't buy new cameras often so you could say I'm old school.

The meter will live on for people who want the best possible shot indoors.

Just my two cents.

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Don't discount that D70! A great camera! It has a hybrid electronic shutter that can sync a flash at any speed! Great! I have the D40 that has about the same shutter.

I have a new Sekonic L-308s that is great for incident readings! Also for a flash meter.