Sekonic L-318B Digilite Light Meter

An excellent meter overall. I have screwed up a few incident exposures due to my own moments of unconsciousness. I recommend a meter like this for slow, deliberate photography where your meterless camera is on a tripod. Take good care of it, be gentle with it and it will last many, many years. (The current street price of $239 -- is that a good value?)

PLEASE NOTE: This meter does NOT have flash metering.

Excellent accuracy, lightweight, (mostly) easy to use and read. Requires one simple AA battery.

Battery drains somewhat, even when the meter is not in use; changing disks (reflected and incident) is a manual task that can be a pain.
A "sliding dome" would be my preference.

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This little unit has worked out to be woth it's weight in gold.
With the three different modes(ambient light, corded flash, non-corded flash) it is extremly versitile. It gives you the f/stop reading in 1/10th of a stop intervals for great accuracy.

Accuracy & battery life

rotating head is the waek link

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