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Light meter for video
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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev
    >Not as cheap as a light meter

    It depends. As light meters are not cheap.



    http://72.32.6.157/~rbensonarch/blog/?page_id=116
  • Brian202020Brian202020
    @Vitaliy_Kiselev
    Not as cheap as a light meter :)
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev
    @Brian202020

    Btw, wireless HDMI monitors are quite cheap already :-)
  • Brian202020Brian202020
    It does actually. It's a bit of a discipline, but once you are used to using it, the light meter is invaluable. Being able to walk around set testing and tweaking lights without constantly checking the monitor and knowing exactly how it'll look as if you were looking at the monitor is priceless. The light meter is one of the best investments I've made in this industry next to my senior Magliner :)
  • stoneystoney
    -1. You heard the man from the film era. Nothing to do with DSLR.
  • kazuokazuo
    Increasingly in a DSLR environment, you shd use a light meter cos you are shooting video with, well, a stills camera!

    ENG cams tend to electronically correct many things, so a light meter is lost on them anyway.
  • Brian202020Brian202020
    I always use a light meter. I come from a film background and it carried over to video.
  • AdRAdR
    One advantage of using a light meter on a video shoot is that you can measure the light close to the instrument instead of being stuck behind the camera. You can take a reading on the set, reach out and adjust a light, then take another reading. Much faster.

    Also, one person can adjust the lights while someone else is moving the camera, or changing a lens.

    I'm looking at the L-308DC DigiCineMate, which is designed for DSLR shooters.
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev
    Yes, look in Jems video blog - http://www.thec47.com/
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