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Need one, using a Nikon D-50, any recommendations? Nov 18 06 10:37 am Link flash or ambient or both? Nov 18 06 10:39 am Link both Nov 18 06 10:41 am Link I like minolta... Nov 18 06 10:45 am Link I have not used one in 5 years but I think the one to get is a sekonic 558, its nice, that said I use to use a minolta IV but it had no spot meter, just flah and ambient. Great for the simple day to day work. Stephen Eastwood http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com Nov 18 06 11:02 am Link take your camera in and make sure you test , make sure the damn TTL woks Nov 18 06 11:05 am Link I agree with the minolta sujestion, they can put up with some serious abuse. Nov 18 06 11:08 am Link Sekonic L358. I don't know if I could live without mine any more. Plus, add the chip and they work with PocketWizards----very convenient. Nov 18 06 11:09 am Link I use a high end Sekonic - switchable between spot and incident. Fires pocket wizards so you can meter flash ratios wirelessly. Still finding my way around it. Underexposes my D200 consistently by 2/3 of a stop. I just compensate mentally now, but you can dial that exposure offset into its calculations. Now there is a new one that can be profiled to your camera somehow. http://www.sekonic.com/products/products.asp?ID=130 Nov 18 06 11:51 am Link I've got the Sekonic L-358. Great piece of equipment! Nov 18 06 02:08 pm Link Sekonic L-508 Does everything I can think of doing :-) Weather resistant too. Nov 18 06 02:11 pm Link my minolta is sitting in da closet with digital these days, do you guys still use it religiously? am i just lazy? Nov 18 06 05:02 pm Link How do you shoot strobes without one? Nov 18 06 06:41 pm Link digital Artform wrote: Histogram Nov 18 06 06:44 pm Link H and H Photography wrote: I have the same meter. It's nice and all, but I don't relly know how to use it yet so it sits in the camera bag. Nov 18 06 06:46 pm Link Sekonic. With digital---I've found that a light meter is even more important. I feel naked without one close at hand. In producing images, a light meter helps a professional photographer to produce consistent results. Nov 18 06 07:10 pm Link I have tow sekonics, a lowend one and a high end. They read to a tenth of a stop and they always agree with each other. The only difference is twisting head and size of LCD display. Less $$ than Minolta and just as good I used to hav several of them too Nov 18 06 07:11 pm Link digital Artform wrote: Target and Histogram... Nov 18 06 07:14 pm Link Paul Stefon Photography wrote: How do you set the ratios? Nov 18 06 07:15 pm Link i use a minolta autometer ivf. i think i changed the aa battery maybe once in five years. Nov 18 06 07:33 pm Link Sekonic L-558 w/ pocket wizard radio module. Couldn't live without it (or my Macbeth color checker chart). Nov 19 06 01:53 am Link Mike Carroll wrote: You use a light meter... Wow!!! I have mine, but hardly ever use it anymore, because it is so convienent to meter through the camera or just set my lights to how I want it to look. Although you are using a D50, which is not the greatest camera for shooting in Manual. you should go with the Minolta V. Nov 19 06 01:59 am Link digital Artform wrote: i just use my light rating, vs distance of model and F stop... Nov 19 06 02:00 am Link I use a simple Polaris meter. It does flash, cable (strobes), and ambient readings. Works well. Very easy to use, and is probably one of the cheapest meters around ($160). Look up the brand on B & H or something and you'll probably find it. Poet Nov 19 06 02:07 am Link I have a Sekonic L-358 light meter and I love it. By the way, it is also weather seal. Nov 19 06 08:06 am Link I second the Chan. Use that meter also , great and compatible with pocket wizards adding a small card to it, around 25-30 bucks extra. Joe Nov 19 06 08:10 am Link Ken Erickson wrote: I use the 558 as well Nov 19 06 10:45 am Link I'm using a Minolta Autometer IV F which works well for an ambient and flash meter. I do not have the spot attachment. If I were not worried bout the flash meter ( which usually I'm not ) I take the older Gossen Luna Six when I go out. Nov 19 06 10:49 am Link Photographic Design Lab wrote: Unfortunately it will be hard to find a new Minolta meter, as Minolta quit the photo industry this year. Nov 19 06 10:50 am Link I also vote for the Sekonic. I've been using one for about a year now, with the Pocket Wizard module, and love the meter. It has taken a lot of abuse - being dropped, etc. and still keeps on ticking. Nov 19 06 10:57 am Link I'd used a Minolta for years (still have it), but it went through batteries fairly quickly, and replacements weren't always easy to find. Had to get an alternate in a hurry once - and didn't want to spend too much money - so I bought a Polaris. Still using it! As several others have noted, you can do a pretty good job just firing some test shots with a digital camera, but I use the meter a lot when I have to balance two strobes on a seamless backdrop with each other and with another for the main exposure. A meter is great for things like that. (And I always bring a backup film body with me to photosessions, and you do indeed need a good - and calibrated - meter for that.) Nov 19 06 11:01 am Link Industrial-Inc wrote: I've been using a Polaris for at least 10 years. simple & effective. Nov 19 06 11:02 am Link |
