Lighting 101: Using A Meter-

Very nice. I would "up arrow" this, but I don't have the ability. This was explained very well, but I still would need some hands on experience to truly understand.
 
I just got my Sekonic L758Cine in the mail earlier today. This will come in handy when I can start watching vimeo videos on my phone :/
 
I'm glad it is helpful. :)

As for watching on your phone- I hope that works out well for you. It might be a little frustrating to watch on that small of a screen, as some of the graphics, etc may be hard to read. My intent was for most people to watch it on a iPad or larger screen. But if your phone works for you, then that is great. :)
 
See I've used a meter very often, and I've taught students how to use it myself, but that was still very informative and gave me some new information and ways of approaching a scene. Thank you!

Now you're making me regret my purchase of a light meter though. I have the Sekonic L-398A Studio Deluse III. I learned mainly using this meter. I remember in our final year at school we switched to digital, and I (as well as my fellow classmates) found it very frustrating for one reason. I like to use the analog meter, hold it down, and move with it through the scene figuring out what I'm working with. I remember using the digital meter on a shoot, we were using light through a tree (very spotty, and had no silk or anything), and holding the button I couldn't always tell if the light falling on it was one of the hot spots or shaded as the branch was moving in the wind.

Needless to say we all convinced the equipment guys to lend us the analog meters again. So when I graduated I bought it, knowing it's a sturdy reliable piece.

Unfortunately we didn't learn about spot meters. We had one at the school (that they never told us about), I brought it on set but didn't always feel a need to use it (though I wish I had). Now that you've show me how to use it, I may go out and find a good one to buy.
 
You can use the digital meter the same way you use the analogue meter, and the results should be the same. What I like about the analogue meter is that you don't have to worry about running out of batteries. :) It wasn't my intent to make you regret your purchase. Hopefully you'll be able to sell you meter at a decent price and get a new one, or pick up a spot meter at a cheap price.

I'm glad you still found the meter video helpful even though you knew a lot about meters in the first place- that is great to know.

Yeah, I love the spot meter! It took me a bit to figure it out, and when I started with it, I still favored the incident meter, as that was what I was used to using. However, now I almost exclusively use the spot meter. I'd say I use the spot meter 80% of the time, and the incident meter 20% of the time.
 
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