Sekonic L-308S Flashmate Light Meter

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009ISRSA
• Item model number: 401309
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 19, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
The new Sekonic L-308S FlashMate offers today's photographers an affordable, lightweight and digital ready light meter. Its small comfortable design fits perfectly in the palm of your hand with easy one-hand operation. Utilizing the latest in component technology and precise calibration, the L-308S offers accurate exposure data for film or digital. Software enhancements now offer the photographer a choice of Full, 1/2 or 1/3 step selectable aperture settings to display data just the way today's digital cameras do. With 1/10th of a stop measurement and read out, accurate and consistent exposures are a snap for D-SLRs or point and shoot digital cameras. The LCD screen displays information such as ISO, measuring modes and selected settings in an easy to read layout for quick measurements. A built-in Lumisphere provides a quick switch from incident to reflected light measurements and a Lumidisc (included) offers precise contrast and brightness measurements. EV repeat accuracy. Convenient AA battery powered. Small, lightweight and new improved features offer today's film and digital photographers the accuracy and reliability that they demand. Features include: Full, 1/2 and 1/3 selectable f/stop increments; 1/10th of a stop increment displayed; Improved LCD display; Increased accuracy; Enhanced icons and symbols for better readability

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dead simple to use, October 12, 2006

By	Keith Nichols (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This meter is dead easy to use, largely because it is not cluttered with features most of us don't need often if ever. This meter is one you put at the subject location or hold in the sun to obtain a single reading. If you want to read various locations in a scene and have your meter provide an "average" reading, this meter is not for you -- you'll have to figure the average in your head.

It has the advantage of using easily obtained and relatively cheap batteries, which in a pinch can be pirated from other devices most of us have around the place, such as small flashlights and TV remote controls.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice- but not for portraiture, February 6, 2008

By	A. Joki "Andrea" (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is really nice as an inexpensive light meter. But it only works with setting the shutter. You can't set in the aperture and get a shutter speed. Since aperture is so important for portraiture, I've had to return this and get a model that lets me set aperture and get shutter.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for this price, February 2, 2007

By	Mulder (Hungary, Europe) - See all my reviews

This is the cheapest usable digital flash + ambient light meter but it works very accurate and well. If you need spot reflected light metering, this is not your one becouse of the wide angle of view.