One big advantage that many of the combination meters can offer is that they can be very helpful when you are balancing flash and ambient. Such as an ambient lit scene in the background with a foreground that is mostly flash lit. Nicolas DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > cc: Sent by: Subject: [pure-silver] Re: need advice for purchase of flash meter pure-silver-bounce@fre elists.org 07/10/04 05:49 Please respond to pure-silver No, he doesn't need that. He already owns a very good (if not the best) spotmeter. He is better (and cheaper) off with a dedicated flash meter (Minolta, Gossen or Sekonic if you like). The combination meters are a good choice for people who don't want to buy two or more meters and do a bit of each (studio and landscape). I prefer dedicated meters for several reasons, but that's just me after a lot of testing. ... ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.