Fred Miranda
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bjhurley wrote:
Oh my, Fred, are you going to start shooting film? (Or maybe you already started!) 
I currently use the Reveni spotmeter and it's excellent. I had the Reveni incident meter (which also serves as a conventional reflected light meter), which didn't seem accurate to me and I sent it back, but the inventor tested it and it was fine so I must not have been using it correctly.
I haven't used the original Reveni light meter, which mounts on the cold shoe; I would just make a few observations:
1. It's ugly, if that matters.
2. On the positive side, it's one of the few cold-shoe-mountable meters whose display is in line with your viewfinder; most other meters have a display on top, which is unreadable in bright sunlight.
3. The button setup on the original light meter is similar to that on the spotmeter that I have, and I haven't found it challenging to use.
I bought the Hedeco Lime II, which is very well designed and has been spot-on accurate, but because the LED display is on top it's unreadable in bright conditions. By default the meter takes a continuous reading, so shading it with your hand to view the display risks changing the meter reading. But you can change that default setting so instead you have to press the button each time you want a new reading. That's what I did. It works fine, but the meter is still a bit of a pain to use because you have to view the display from above. The other issue I've had with it is that if you wear your camera on a neck strap, the wheel that adusts the settings (e.g. if you're in aperture priority, your chosen f-stop) will roll against your shirt as you move, and your settings will end up far from where they were the last time you used it. There's a workaround for that too (you can shut down the meter by double-pressing the button). The meter shuts down automatically after 45 seconds, but that's a long enough time to have the wheel make radical changes to your chosen f-stop (if you're shooting in aperture priority) or shutter speed (if you're shooting in shutter priority) as it rubs against your clothing while you walk.
If I had to do it over again I would buy this meter, which seems to have the features I like about the Reveni meter combined with the nicer design of the Hedeco:
https://www.kekscameras.com/kekskm02.html#/
I have several phone apps for light metering and they're very good, but I find a camera-mounted meter more enjoyable and simpler to use. As far as I know, all the camera-mounted meters can be killed by precipitation, and that's one advantage of a phone app. When it's raining or snowing, I use my phone for metering and leave the camera meter in the bag. I should probably just leave my camera in the bag too, but what can I say...I like to live dangerously.
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Appreciate the advice. Indeed, I have an M2 camera to play with. I primarily rely on the Sunny16 rule for exposure, but there are occasions when a specialized light meter is more reliable than a smartphone app.
Shawn @lifeandmylens also suggested the KEKS KM02. While it's not as compact as the Reveni, it offers the convenience of USB-C charging and, as you pointed out, seems to have a more robust build.
The Reveni is so small and light though (only 9 grams vs 29 grams). The KM02 is shorter at 15mm (vs Reveni's 18mm) but it's 2x wider.
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