Do you use a light meter?

[peterm1]

As I used to exclusively shoot print film with a wide latitude - especially ones like Ilford Xp2, I found a hand held meter was all I needed with my M3. Mostly it was sufficient to take one ambient light reading then keep that setting. If I wandered under a shady tree I slowed the shutter speed down one to one and half stops. If the clouds came our maybe one stop. I fouond I quickly became sensitive to changes in light through the day. Mostly one or two readings a day were all I needed. Worked well.

 

[Contarama]

Sometimes...mostly I bracket from sunny 16 bearings and just good old plain experience. My approach is to get to know a camera...really know a camera...

It took me a long time and a lot of pictures to get to this stage though. Even with that I am still mediocre in the grand scheme of things...but I keep on trying to get better.

 

[mark_pw]

Some Freebies

Some Freebies

I am in the market for one, any recommedations (cheap)

There are some free iPhone/iPod apps doing the job. I tried them. Some are quite accurate when compared with the metering of my EOS 40D and Fujifilm x10. My test results are here.🙄

 

[one90guy]

On cameras without meters I use The Sunny 16 but will double check myself, especially in partly sunny areas. Cameras that have meters, I always check out new purchases.

David