EV, or Exposure Value, is a numerical measurement of the amount of light in a scene. We all tend to think of exposure in terms of shutter speeds and apertures, but in fact it’s the exposure value that it all [...]
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Digital SLRs and compacts have fantastically sophisticated metering systems, so why on earth would anyone want to bother with a handheld meter like the Sekonic L-208 (above) any more? After all, it takes ten times the effort and the metering [...]
Measuring the light falling on the subject. You stand by the subject and point the meter towards the camera. This is sometimes the only way to obtain a truly accurate light reading. Only separate handheld meters can take incident light [...]