Sekonic L-308X-U Flashmate Light Meter (401-305)

I have been a hobby photographer for a long time. I dabbled in landscapes, bird, and nature photography. Sometimes I would get nice photos and most of the time I was like, what am I doing wrong? I work at a school so occasionally I would shoot games or practice just to practice and expand what I normally photograph.. I was then asked to photograph the senior class group photo. I never liked the photos but they seemed to be happy with them. This year I was asked to shoot all sports, indoors and out. I have never shot indoors with any light set ups before. I am practicing like crazy and I am not at all happy with any of my work. I then decided to by the SeKonic L-308X-U flash mate Light Meter as my final piece of equipment. Game Changer! Why have I never used a light meter before this? I was intimidated by them. I learned this very fast because I mainly shoot in manual mode so I am familiar with the exposure triangle. Now I am blown away and I am so excited to get out there and create. For me it was easy to use and figure out. Accurate because I have way better exposures that I have ever have before. Expensive yes, but worth it.

Sekonic L-308X-U light meter functions measuring ambient light, manually and remote triggered flash. ISO range ISO 3 to 8000. Takes readings in incident and reflected light modes by sliding a lumisphere dome over or away from the meter cell. Measurements in f/stops with 1/10 stop increments. Also functions in CINE and HD CINE modes. Easy and straighfoward to operate. Provided with a lanyard and synthetic leather pouch with belt loop.

I am a photographer for a local studio, and I wanted to get something similar to what they were using for metering. This meter seems to be very accurate and easy to use. Price is a bit steep, but I figured it's a long term investment. Recommend if you're in the market for a quality light meter.

Very disapponted that the flat disk is not included as its just two plastic bits but usefull to all. Corporate petty decisions should guard against offending as nobody would have minded paying another dollar or so. Also remember clientwise more than 50% buy dreams over practical need, which especially car marketing understands so well, and its pleasurable to fiddle with gadgets for those... This and the very cheap casing subtracts marks from an exceptionally accurate meter when its actually used but which externally will never stand up to hard work. The higher end consumer may leave your brand because of this. The rant over, i find this meter very accurate and doing what it says it can with unmatched precision.

No more guesswork. The time savings is worth the cost, which is high for a meter as far as basic meters go. But this one has some great additional features and even in basic wireless flash mode is a huge time saver. I put off having one for years and wish I hadn’t. Easy to use works every time.

Exposure meter measures just about any practical light source, both inductive and reflective and also has a mode to measure lux/fc most accurately. The benefits outweigh the unit’s cost which is a great bargain compared to more expensive meters.

great light meter really works and i ordered the flat piece for indoor lighting. Great to double check you in camera meter

Being a Professional Photographer, I am very particular about how thing add up. I have been a photographer for more years than I can remember (Almost) but I decided to finally buy a "Simple and Accurate" light meter. It dose not matter what type of subjects you care to shoot, I assure you that this all the light meter you need!!! This meter will do what ever you want to do. I use all manual flash units, because I want each light to stay where I set it. Light is cumulative, so if you set up "EACH LIGHT" to do a specific thing, and you are using several lights, you need to know what each light is adding to the scene, and then you need to know what "ALL THE LIGHTS" are doing to complete the final shot. This meter is not only easy to use, it is very accurate and makes the entire shoot go "EXTREMELY FAST"!!! As I get older...time becomes more important, and this wonderful little meter really is "THE TICKET" for me. I will say that I also got a grip, or cover, for mine that is red in color and soft to the touch. I think the cover (Or Grip...As Amazon calls it) was over priced, however I wanted one, so what can I say. OH WELL!!! If you want to meter for incident light, ambient light, or for flash, then you will love this meter. Take it from me, (Mr. Picky) this is all the meter you will "EVER NEED"..."NO MATTER WHAT YOU SHOOT"!!! Hope you take stock in what I have said, because I took the time to write this "FOR YOU"! Thanks, Shooter Boone.

Great little meter. Easy to use and allows shutter or aperture priority.

Buena construcción, es ligero y duradero, Sekonic es un referente en la industria, por lo que desde sus modelos de entrada te encontraras con su gran calidad; contiene una funda que se siente bien hecha, de imitación de cuero que se puede fijar al cinturón y un cordón para tenerlo fijado ya sea al cuello o a la muñeca, requiere una batería AA que NO se incluye, tampoco se incluye la funda original de silicon azul que se puede apreciar en la foto de fondo negro que adjunto, pero te recomiendo que la adquieras para mayor protección. Es fácil de operar con ayuda del manual o un par de videos en internet, en sentido sencillo, sirve para medir la luz reflejada y la incidente, la función más utili es esta ultima, la de medir la luz incidente; puedes usarlo tanto con luz constante (artificial y natural) o luz de estrobo (Flash), tú le das 2 de los 3 parámetros del triángulo de la exposición y este pequeño aparato te calcula el tercero, yo lo uso principalmente con luz de estudio, para controlar la potencia de mis luces, le doy el ISO, la velocidad de obturación y el fotómetro me calcula la apertura (los pasos o F-stop), de esta forma, y teniendo yo en mente a que apertura quiero disparar, puedo tomar mediciones y ver si estoy sub expuesto o sobre expuesto y ajusto los pasos necesarios en la potencia de la luz para llegar a la apertura que pretendo, como consejo te sugiero que cambies la configuración para que te mida los pasos o “F-stops” en tercios, si lo vas a usar para fotografía. Lo anteriormente descrito, por supuesto que no es para lo único que sirve (Aunque si el uso principal que yo le doy), también es útil para cámaras de video digitales (DSLRs y Mirorless) y de cine. Es una herramienta indispensable para quien quiera profesionalizar su flujo de trabajo en la producción fotográfica y de video.

Designed for the job. Simple and easy to use.

Always wanted this and it didn’t disappoint.

precise..nice ..good stuff