do you need a spotmeter for digital photography?
Do you even need a spotmeter for Digital photography?
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Spot metering as in higher class SLRs? Yes, but it’s usually being used by professionals only. Lesser DSLR usually have partial metering which cover an area larger than a spot metering, but it will be pretty useful anyway especially for advanced users.
Except if you mean by spot meter is a dedicated light meter… then it’s only for professional who demands the most accurate light reading possible. Even so, DSLRs already have a good meter built in the camera and good photographer can adjust the setting in the camera if they are experienced enough because sometimes the meter can’t read accurately during certain situation (or they can also bring a grey card with them).
If a Photographer is good enough he/she don’t need a meter at all,but a spot meter is great tool too have.
This question depends on how you shoot, of course. I shoot very low-light landscapes at night, and wish I had a portable spot meter to get readings for long exposure. However, I can usually get around this; I just use my longest lens with my camera’s spot metering function. If the light is really low, I just crank my digital camera up to ISO 1600, put my lens at it’s widest, and see what it comes up with for a shutter speed. If I want to use a lower ISO, I just do the math. Picking up what I’m putting down?