I want a better exposure meter than the one in the EOS300 What do you use and why?

-- Jeffrey Alan Herrington (jeffreyherrington@hotmail.com), April 04, 2002

Answers

Better in what way?

-- NK Guy (tela@tela.bc.ca), April 04, 2002.

The only thing, related to metering, that is missing in your camera in comparison with a pro camera is a true spot meter. If you are not satified with the Average, Partial and Center weighted metering of your camera and you realy need a spot meter, better buy a handheld meter. There are lots of models available at affordable prices with reflected, incident and flash metering features.

Good Luck!

-- John (eosquestions@yahoo.com), April 04, 2002.

If you're not getting the exposure performance you want, it's not the exposure meter that needs to be better. More likely, it's your metering skill that needs to be better. If that's the case, I would advise you to get a good book on metering. The EOS 300 has everything you need to get a good exposure. No meter can think for you. All meters do is measure light. Where and what it meters is up to you.

For more imformation on improving your metering skill, particularly with mastering the demanding exposure of slide films, I would highly recommend the Chromazone Exposure System, here:

http://www.photonaturalist.com/chromozone/tutorial_2a.html

It has been extremely valuable in honing my metering skills, even with the most difficult lighting scenerios. It's a worthwhile investment.

-- Peter Phan (pphan01@hotmail.com), April 04, 2002.

well, i don't think you should go for an exposure meter since your camera has everything you need (except true spot metering). its also true that no professional (atleast most of them) reply completely on the camera's or handhold metering system and do an exposure compensation according to their requirement. one learns from experience. some photographers will push the film for a given subject while some others might pull it. so unless you need a true spot metering (and may be multispot metering) you need not go for any metering system other than your camera's.

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), April 05, 2002.