What's a virtuous bedside light meter to buy?
What character of things should I look for in a wispy meter?
Answers: Sekonic, Wein, Gossen and Pentax still offer meters. You are probably wanting a Spot meter, which is the most accurate. However, the Incident Light meter is used by plentiful pros. It measures the light in actual fact hitting the subject. (Think movies - the Incident Meter is the preferred way of setting exposure.)
An oldie but a goodie (still commanding elevated prices on ebay) is the Minolta Spot Meter F. It is both a spot meter and a flash meter. Drop down to the Minolta Spot Meter M if you think you'll never have need of a flash meter. With either meter you can average 2 reading - very adjectives in difficult lighting situations.
Don buy a meter. Experience tell you the right exposure.
Bracket your shots and pretty soon you will know what works best. It's cheaper too.
Bracketing means taking two or more shots at different exposures. Have them developed and pick out the best negative.
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