Please, advise on lightmeter

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Since I am going to shoot with Canon T2i, which is not a video camera, there are no zebra pattern to show over-burned white spots in the frame. So, I thought how important is it to have a lightmeter?

I found this one which is not pricey, but has good specs.
 
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Don't know much about that one. Photographic meters and "cinematographic" meters aren't that much different provided you can account for frame rate somehow with the photographic one (exposure time) , but if you want to save some coin, get one of these used:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...fe1754a&itemid=260650101859&ff4=263602_263622

I still use one of these left over from school.

Make sure to test your meter against your camera and review the footage. Meters can go out of tune a bit, and metering a digital camera always requires a bit of massaging to be accurate.
 
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Hey David.rhsc,
Iv been FEELING like I should be using a meter too, but not really sure how it works in movie making with my digital setup... which is sorta half digital..
I have a letus 35mm adapter, canon lenses and a canon HFS100 ..... where do I start with understanding how a light meter might save my butt?
 
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so um.. I started lookin on my own (I mean come on, I gave you like, 10 mins to answer :) )

anyway.. this blog has an interesting take.. its kida written odd and dated, but the points made are interesting.. basicaly spend your money on a GOOD HD monitor, calibrate it, and lose the light meter..
". No need to use a spot meter measuring 10 different parts of the picture, as a good monitor has 1920x1080 spot meters that you see at a glance"
Click to expand...

http://digital-filmmaking.blogspot.com/2007/06/lighting-for-high-definition-hd.html
 
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