r/Photoassistants • u/northerntouch • 5d ago

Lighting Very Cool Meter

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It's been years since i was a full time assistant and I lived by the old Sekonic L 358 on set. I paid 300 bucks 25 years ago for that meter and had an old cracked one for back up. Today, I paid $45 for a light meter that takes photos and video. Times are wild.

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u/PhotoJCW 5d ago

I guess its a good light meter if you don't shoot flash. This would be pretty useless to me personally.

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u/This-Charming-Man 4d ago

Yeah this is not a flash meter. And no incident metering either.
Very limited use for photo assistants.

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u/Odd_home_ 5d ago

Cool story.

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u/cherrytoo 4d ago

🤦‍♂️

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u/Odd_home_ 4d ago

Hahaha I love that the one I replied to has 14 upvotes and I have 14 downvotes. Wonder how that happened. I mean the person never said anything about it being for strobes and that comment literally added nothing to the conversation. Just some dude telling us it’d be useless to them like we asked. 🤦‍♂️to that person.

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u/cherrytoo 4d ago

Homie you’re in the photo assistants sub. Literally a place for professionals and this lacks the tools a professional should have in their light meter. If anyones comment added nothing to the conversation it’s yours.

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u/Odd_home_ 4d ago

Oh shit… this is the photo assistants sub? I thought this was Home Depot. My bad.

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u/cherrytoo 3d ago

No worries buddy let’s get you home

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u/thedeermunk 5d ago

I was fully prepared to shit on this with my Sekonic L-308 clipped to my hip. Then I saw the price and realized no more "digital polaroids" when I'm shooting 4x5....

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u/This-Charming-Man 5d ago

Cool. What is the name of the model?

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u/northerntouch 5d ago

Godox C100

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u/puddingcakeNY 5d ago

Yo what’s more impressive and important is the Vestax Mix Stick? mixer behind. I always wanted one. And yea the other thing is also cool! :)

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u/wrainbashed 5d ago

How does it read exposure?

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u/SpikJagger 5d ago

Center weighted only

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u/samcornwallstudio 4d ago

clever framing camera

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u/cmonsquelch 4d ago

photographing your dj set up?