Sekonic L-858D Speedmaster light meter for photographers and filmmakers

This is a great product. I use it solely for still photography, so many of its advanced features are not relevant to my needs. The touchscreen could be more responsive, though this might help prevent accidental presses. It would be helpful if the screen resolution were slightly higher to make graphs, such as flash duration, easier to read. Overall, I’m very satisfied with this product and happy to give it a 5-star review.

A fabulous light meter. Very easy and intuitive to use. The menus can be customised to exclude features you don't intend to use - which makes operating the meter easier under pressure. The meter seems to do everything you can image you would need or want from a meter. A very nice feature if the screen lock button, which means you can operate the meter without accidentally changing the ISO or something - I find it extremely useful. I also like the feature where you can change the measuring button configuration - so incident meter readings are from the button on the right (as you look at the screen) and the incident measurements are left - which is the same as all my other spot meters.The only negative thing I have found is that the meter eats standard alkali AA batteries - to the point where you can go through a set in a days shooting. However, I have changed to using Lithium ones instead and the situation has improved dramatically. I have yet to run out of battery power with the Lithium ones after 4+ days of shooting.The only other thing I would recommend to other users is to put some bright tape on your meter somewhere - the body being black makes it a bit to easy to overlook in a studio setting.

HUBBY DOES FILMING VIDEOS ETC.. HES DELIGHTED WITH EASE AND QUALITY

I got this because I wanted a lightmeter, to match the lighting from location to studio (especially when using green screen) - I’ve only used this for filming in dark places at the moment, however it’s a beautiful tool that’s highly functional.

Nice and fast for sorting lighting and cine stuff.. Only gripe extra transmitter parts cost abit for triggering remote flash units out

I can’t say enough good things about this product, it’s honestly changed the way I work and improved my work a lot to the point where I don’t feel safe without it. Massively recommend it to anyone.Only bad thing about this particular model is that it can be a bit fiddly having to go into the touch screen menu to change specific settings, especially if you’re in a rush.

Great spot meter, really useful for difficult to read scenes as well as being brilliant for studio flash (has light ratio reading).

Fantastic device I sold my old unit to purchase this new up to date meter. Very happy customer really good product

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En mycket bra mätare med många bra användbara finesser somär oumbärliga när man sysslar med ljussättning med studioblixtar.Jag använder bland annat Bowens XMS studioblixtar och på dessakan man inte se blixtbrinntiden på displayen och då är det bra attman kan läsa av blixtbrinntiden på ljusmätaren och då dessutompå T 0.1 S och dessutom kan man få en kurva på blixtbrinntiden. Menynär bra och instruktiv och lätt att hitta i. Detta är en bra investering. Jagjobbade tidigare med Sekonic L 358 så det var ett lyft att skaffa SekonicL-858.Fotograf Uffe

Classic way of my profession. This is must to have gadget. Still love this bro of my shoots

Un must pour tous ceux qui veulent aller un peu plus loin avec la lumière. Evolutif pour déclencher ses flashs à distance, mesures cinema, mesure lumière incidente, réfléchie via un spot à 1 °. Vraiment très bon comme tous les produits de la marque spécialisée dans les flashmètres et posemètres

Pricy... But the best I've ever owned