I believe the L-328 had been discontinued. I don't know its specs but,
of current models, I would recommend the L-358 (which may be the L-328's
replacement). The reason to be quite specific is that the L-358
measures both flash and ambient simultaneously and reports the
percentage of flash to total in 10% increments. When you have 20-30%
flash you have a good fill flash ratio. Since I don't use my studio
lights much anymore about 90% of my meter's usage is fill flash. From
memory, I believe the L-358 to be the lowest cost Sekonic meter with
this feature. It also has provision for an optional, internal
PocketWizard transmitter module. I have the transmitter module since it
was included free at the time I bought my L-358 but I don't use
PocketWizards (too expensive).
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With a histogram I can do without an incident meter for ambient light
but I can't do without a flash meter and I consider the flash/ambient
ratio reporting to be a required feature.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Thanks. I'm in the market for a good meter, especially one that is
> also a flash meter.
>
> As far as half stops are concerned, I guess we all have our quirks of
> exactitude. If I know my initial stop, the click click click tells me
> exactly what stop I end up on without looking and I can bracket if
> necessary on shutter speeds rather than half stops, which is another
> reason I like to work in auto mode.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:13 PM, C.H.Ling<ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I only have a Sekonic L328F, the ability to set flash sync speed from 1s to
>> 1/500s is good for me to use it for shutter speed test too.
>>
>> For DOF control? I think 1/2 stop is not that critical....and I may not see
>> the difference.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Wilcox"
>>
>> Yes, that's a good remedy. I sometimes think about switching over to
>> manual, which would be better than memo, but I usually think I'm going
>> to get the shot in time, and I dislike the possibility of having the
>> lens between stops as I work with DOF.
>>
>> What incident light meter do you like to use?
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM, C.H.Ling<ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I think the readiness for shoot is more important for snap and I only have
>>> problem in such kind of situation. For tripod or flowers, I have the time
>>> and patience.
>>>
>>> BTW, for flower+slide I usually use incidence meter and manual mode.
>>>
>>> C.H.Ling
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joel Wilcox"
>>>
>>> Surely you have breeze and wind in Hong Kong? The OM-4 is more likely
>>> to time out for me as I wait for a flower to come to rest long enough
>>> to shoot. But I'm not complaining. This is just an observation
>>> relative to the E cameras' readiness to shoot, which I have found even
>>> better than the OM-4 in this one regard. But then even that's not
>>> really a fair comparison in all respects since no E-body can do
>>> multispot readings.
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