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want to learn more about light and I think finally getting a
light meter will help do the trick. I'd like to see the amount
of light coming from different light bulbs and the differences
in the sun as it sets/rises. I don't feel like my camera's light
meter is that helpful with this, I can figure a different in
stops but I don't have a clear amount of actual light and how it
falls off a subject. I'm using a panasonic Gh1 and a canon 600d
as my cameras, and I'd like to use the meter for stills and
video. A few years ago when I first looked into light meters it
seemed like for all the features (such as 1 degree spot) you
needed a $600 + meter, but I recently read this thread where a
much cheaper $230 Sekonic version was mentioned and the person
who answered the question actually used the cheap meter.  So I'm
wondering what