Originally posted by Nuff Get an incandescent light meter and your photos will improve. Film and digital alike.
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The 3 most common light meters for taking photographs-
For reading continuous light levels:
reflective (type built into the camera body), you read the light that is reflected off the subject from the camera position
incident, you read the light striking the subject that will be reflected toward the camera - typically metered at the subject's location .... most accurate, but it is sometimes hard to get that close to the subject
For reading non-continuous light levels (flash):
flash, typically used like an incident light meter, but the meter displays the highest light level observed while the meter is activated.