[Leica] WTB; Light Meter Pocket Wizard Compatible

[wayneserrano at earthlink.net (Wayne Serrano)]

Brian,

Hmmm... the L-358 is sounding better.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Jan 16, 2009 8:36 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB; Light Meter Pocket Wizard Compatible
>
>
>>   I am thinking the minimum would be the Sekonic L-358 but having the 
>> ability to use a meter as a spot meter would come in very handy indeed,
>
>I thought that, too, until I bought the 758. I don't think I've ever used 
>the spot meter for a real photograph. I used it extensively while I was 
>reading the manual and learning how to use the meter. But not since. Maybe 
>it's that I learned photography with a Leica IIIf where I always metered 
>off the back of my hand, and so that's how I think about light.
>
>The ability to take half a dozen incident light readings and combine them 
>is great. The ability to change the ISO and shutter speed after the fact 
>and get a new number without taking a new reading is truly great. (It 
>separately remembers the incident light value and the flash light value, 
>and when you change the shutter speed it recomputes its recommendation.)
>
>But most of the time when I use this thing I am sitting on the posing stool 
>holding the meter in front of my neck and holding up a piece of cardboard 
>to block the light from this or that strobe, so that I can get a sense of 
>how each strobe is contributing to the overall lighting. Having the light 
>meter itself be able to trigger the pocket wizards is phenomenally 
>convenient. You can do that with other meters by running a very long PC 
>cord or by making a little rig that combines the light meter 
>with a pocket-wizard transmitter, but I was trying to minimize the amount 
>of gear that I have to carry around with me.
>
>
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