17 thoughts on “Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 27: Metering Part 3: Using a light meter”

1. Excellent video. Now I know the meanings of reflected and ambient light.
   Also, the white hemisphere has to be pointed at the camera while being held
   below the chin…interesting.

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2. Thank you – this was very helpful. I never knew about the switches on the
   back. I will subscribe! 

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3. So how do you decide the iso or shutter speed before you use light meter?

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4. You can’t bring a Model like that and expect us to concentrate on what
   you’re saying…

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5. Even after 3 years this video is helping me. I am glad I subscribed :)

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7. I have bought a Sekonic L-358, but I dont see any flash mode withe the T
   (Radio transmitter). Do I need to buy anything seperate to get this to work
   on my Flas meter? And what do I need in that case?

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8. Thanks Mark! Greetings from Saudi Arabia 🙂

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9. hey Mark, what was the difference between the light meter and the camera’s
   meter, was the camera’s metering almost accurate, over or under? My
   apologies if you answered this in the thread already.

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10. @blueeyevisualize The camera´s meter works reflective while the handheld is
    incident. You only get accurate results by using an incident meter. See the
    other episodes part 2 and 1 for this topic or simply try to measure with
    your camera an object with a black or white background. .

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11. If you want to measure the flash….no. It doesn’t work with a studioflash
    as there is no data exchange between these. The flash only works manual. Av
    and Tv measures the light before the studioflash is triggered and doens’t
    “see” the flash then. However, you can use use your camera lightmeter to
    measure the ambient light and then setup the studioflash by Hand with your
    histogram. It’s more work but there are folks doing that…. …otherwise
    use the TTL modes (i-TTL, E-TTL and so on)

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12. Call me stupid, but I have learned more in the last 12 minutes about a
    lightmeter then I have before … Thank you Mark for sharing all this
    knowledge with us

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13. Very good Mark i real like your videos

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14. Hi Mark can you please make a video or talk about how to choose a memory
    card.

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15. Why is he using the dome attachment outdoor? Isn’t that for flash only? The
    other attachment is for incident reading, right?

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16. Great work, Mark! Best explanations I ever heard! Greatings from Kiev,
    Ukraine!

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17. Great video…..and I really like Erika/ She is good on camera. She looks
    into the camera and really looks at home. I hope she’s a successful model
    or actress by now.

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