I really want this light meter. I already have a light meter that works very well, but it reads only reflected and incident light. This meter would benefit me in two ways that my current (much less expensive) meter cannot.
One: not only does this meter read incident and reflected light - as mine done - but it also takes spot readings. This would allow me to implement the zone system more effectively and to take precise readings from a specific part of my subject.
Two: this light meter can take flash readings. I have two off-camera strobes that I really enjoy using, but haven't really used since I have transitioned back to shooting film. The off-camera strobes lend a very different quality, texture, and look altogether from natural light. While I love natural light and it is sometimes more appropriate for the subject matter, having the option of using artificial lighting is important and in other instances more appropriate. Since I have not been able to meter the flash, I have not been able to use the lights. I know that there is a means of determining the exposure with a flash by using the guide number - the guide number divided by the flash-to-subject distance in feet gives the lens aperture - and I may have to use that formula sometime, but it doesn't negate the fact that this light meter would be extraordinarily convenient. It will be mine. Oh, yes. It will be mine.
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