You may have to be careful and be sure the digicam ISO matches what you
expect.? Chuck has mentioned that the 5D at 100 is closer to what most consider
125.? I recall a chapter in one of John Shaw's books where he "calibrated" his
meter to Velvia and had to change the ISO a tad on the meter to give him the
results he wanted.
Mike
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
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