I was recently asked the question in the title, there is only one answer.
Get one, use it.
Simple really, as a photographer you paint with revealed light and shadow, that’s all. Why would you hesitant to utilize a tool to designed to report the variances you cannot see in a way you can use?
Do I shoot without one, yup, sometimes. Do I rely on the camera’s metering, yup, alot sometimes. But I never leave home without a light meter in my bag.
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So which light meter do you use? And what book or tutorial do you recommend for HOW to use it. This could solve a lot of the problems I have had lately. And would save lots of time post-processing!
kadi, I use the Sekonic L-358 Flash Master with the Pocket Wizard modules. It’s well made, simple and has all the features I need in and out of the studio.