Chuck,
Thanks for your advice. I think I'd prefer a meter. L758 is very good but
very expensive for me. L308 is a good alternation.
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Michael
The Sekonic L-308 may meet all of your requirements but I prefer the
> Sekonic L-358 primarily because it also measures flash to ambient ratio
> which the L-308 does not. When doing fill flash just adjust the flash
> power or aperture until the meter reads 20-30% of the total exposure.
> It makes manually controlled fill flash a piece of cake. It also has
> provision for an optional PocketWizard transmitter module. Mine has the
> transmitter module but I don't own any PocketWizards.
>
> Of course, if you don't shoot flash and do primarily landscapes you'd
> probably rather have a spot meter. But these days I think there is a
> better alternative. A used digital camera with a zoom lens that also
> offers histograms is probably a better spot meter or landscape meter
> than that Sekonic L-758D. You can buy a used Minolta A1 on ebay for
> about $100. The A1 has a zoom range of 28-200mm equivalent. It also
> has a spot meter which can measure a circle whose diameter is about 13%
> of the frame width. At 200mm equivalent that's just about 1.2 degrees.
> The spot meter can measure at the center or any part of the image by
> moving the focus point. But to me, an even more extraordinary feature
> is a live histogram. Just point the camera, zoom for framing and read
> the live histogram right off the screen without taking a shot.
>
> Of course, the A1 is a lot bigger than an incident light meter but the
> A1 is also a great little macro camera with an articulating screen for
> those low level shots. It's a very handy tool to have around and takes
> great 5MP photos at ISO 100. These are some A1 images
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/fall%20color/index.htm>
>
> DPReview coverage is here:
> <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/minoltadimagea1/>
>
> Owner's manual can be found here:
> <
> http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/digital_cameras/dimage-a/index.html
> >
>
> Owner's manuals for Sekonic products can be found here by following the
> links for specific meters:
> <http://www.sekonic.com/products/>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> Michael Wong wrote:
> > Thanks. I have to go to check the local price.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > 2008/7/21 Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >>> Senokic L758D is an ideal one, but too expensive for me >_<
> >>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000L9M2LU/ref=pd_bbs_s
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> >>
> >>
> >> I've got a Sekonic L308 which works well enough.
> >>
> >> ...Wayne
> >>
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