Response to Tri-x and Zone VI and Light meters

I use a Sekonic L508 multimeter. At $429 you get a 1-4 degree variable spot meter plus a regular incident light meter plus various options for controlling/setting the readings. If you shoot slow speed color with one camera and medium-high speed b&w (or color) with another body, you can keep track of two ISOs simultaneously. L508 also enables you to use spot metering and an averaging routine (could do in your head, I guess), to give an optium exposure indication under difficult or unusual conditions. I also have used for years a Sekonic L398 incident/reflected light meter commonly found in studios but equally as good out of doors -- if you don't use it to pound tent pegs. For seriously photo work, you can't go wrong with a one-time investment in a good multi-functional spot meter.

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