Who uses light meters?

Django x2 · 1 Dec 2009 at 11:42

Does anyone here? I'm guessing with digital SLRs you can take a pic and look at it and think, "too dark" and make the adjustment.

I just wondered if anyone here used light meters from the off?

Raymond Lin · 1 Dec 2009 at 11:46

i would if i had a studio and an assistant lol

john_s · 1 Dec 2009 at 13:36

I have one. Sometimes I use it if I'm using flash, other times I just chimp it. If I'm not using flash, I generally just use the camera to meter.

dekez · 1 Dec 2009 at 13:40

I have one somewhere from when I did more stuff in a studio, but don't really use it now.

Kei · 1 Dec 2009 at 15:19

I use a light meter with my mamiya when i use the waist level finder and when using dedicated flashy units in a studio. The only other time i use a light meter is when doing exposures that are longer than 30 seconds.

Jotun · 1 Dec 2009 at 17:45

I had a go of one the other day when I was trying out a studio set up for the first time. Decided looking at the image + histogram worked better

Guess they are more useful when shooting in a studio using film though.

Alex53 · 1 Dec 2009 at 21:11

Studio - Yes, while setting up flash and choosing aperture for pretty much the whole session.
Outside - No.

vcl_X1 · 1 Dec 2009 at 22:09

Studio - always

If lights changing I'll often use my meter rather than rely on the camers built in meter, even though I always shoot nefs - it's a habit that's carried over from shooting Velvia in the bad old days.