John wrote: > I used the L-408 as an example because it's the one I'm most familiar > with. I'm sure there are other meters just as good. > > The thing about using an incident meter is it lets me expose for the > light falling on the subject, which generally gives me an image with > the light parts light, the dark parts dark and the mid-tones properly > exposed, without having to figure out where the in-camera meter is > getting it's information from and having to compensate if it's getting > its reading from the wrong place.
No doubt there are other meters which are as good but the L 408 caught my eye as well. The water resistant bit added to the appeal! For all the reasons you mention and more, I need to replace my meter, which I doubt doesn't even get close to the accuracy of the K3's own metering. I'd like a reliable, modern and accurate method of working out exposure off camera. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.