[Gina9942]

Back when I was in college taking photography classes, they had us purchase a sekonic light meter, I'll be honest, it has been living in the bottom of my camera bag since then, I was thinking of resurrecting it but I was curious as to how many people use an external meter as opposed to the in camera one, what are the advantages of using an external meter?

Also how many of you shoot in A or S mode as opposed to fully manual? I always shoot in manual, but it was recently brought to my attention that A mode might be better in some instances, such as those that aren't controlled, if I am walking down the block and i see something i want to take a pic of, if I am in A mode, I can snap, if I am in manual theres a chance I will have to adjust settings, how do you handle this? Those that shoot manual when you do things like that are you still in Manual or for walks and even family photos where people are constantly moving is it easier to shoot in A.

Sorry it was so long I am just trying to get a feel of what is going on out there and how other photographers handle certain things.

TIA

Gina