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    Nov 13, 2018 3 minutes

    Handheld exposure meter?

    QI haven't seen one for a long time but the other day I saw a photographer using a handheld exposure meter. I could just make out the brand, which was Sekonic. In this day and age with such advanced metering systems built into cameras I am wondering why you'd want to use a handheld meter instead? Are there actually any advantages or was the photographer in question just being idiosyncratic?

    John Wiley

    A handheld exposure meter measures the light falling in the subject.

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