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 [...]
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All camera meters use ‘reflected light readings’, measuring the light reflected off the subject to gauge the exposure. It’s straightforward and obvious enough, but it has a major flaw. This method doesn’t distinguish between bright light and objects which are [...]