Sweet new low cost Sekonic light meter

[David Rasberry]

For those of us who can't justify the cost of the 758 series. Something new.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751935-REG/Sekonic_401_310_L_308DC_DigiCineMate.html

Looks like a reasonable upgrade for my old L398.

 

[Tim Sutherland]

That does look pretty cool, if I didn't already have the 758. Maybe I'll have to get one as a backup though.

Tim

 

[Peter Mosiman]

I wonder how you read reflected light with no eyehole...

 

[David Rasberry]

I wonder how you read reflected light with no eyehole...

It is not a spot meter, reflected acceptance angle is 40 degrees, so good for overall average scene reflectance from camera position only. False color and histograms in camera are probably more useful for that function anyway.

I like incident meters for measuring the actual light falling on the scene from different angles. I like to know precisely what the light is doing and what direction it is coming from. Not always easy to tell from what the camera sees.