I'm not Bob and I don't know what light meter he owns but I have no
hesitation in recommending the Sekonic L-358 seen here:
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/221078-REG/Sekonic_401_358_L_358_Flash_Master_Meter.html>
The only thing it won't do is spot metering. For that you need to spend
more than double
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/460371-REG/Sekonic_401_758_L_758DR_DigitalMaster_Flash_Meter.html>
Note the 275 owner reviews of the L-358 on The B&H site averaging 4.8
out of 5. There are no ratings less than 4 except for two 1s. Both
sound like defects out of the box. One complains that his built-in
PocketWizard transmitter (extra cost option) has a range of only 3 feet.
Mine has the optional PocketWizard transmitter as well. I've never
tried it beyond about 30-40 feet but it has never failed to work. But I
haven't had PocketWizards to work with for several years. I'm using
Alien Bees stuff these days.
Since I'm a pretty dyed-in-the-wool shoot-to-the-right guy I don't make
much use of the meter these days except as a flash meter. It is
invaluable for fill flash and for multi-light studio flash to balance
the lights and compute overall lighting.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/7/2011 1:45 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Which one, Bob?
>
> I'm off on my own for a couple of days to the north Norfolk coast to
> do some sweeping land- and sea-scapes; it would be nice to have a
> meter to play with.
>
> On a slightly different subject, the levels on the K-5 are pretty
> cool for setting up for a panorama.
>
> Chris
>
> On 7 Sep 2011, at 17:30, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> Hehe. I got me one of them fancy light meter apps what goes on my
>> iPhone. I swear, I think by the iPhone 6 that thing'll be able to
>> make a decent taco.
>
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