Thanks everyone for all the replies and sorry for not getting back earlier. It's all good stuff and I will check out the Sekonic L558C. I've checked up on the software - "DV rack" looks like it does an awful lot - field monitor, waveform monitor, vectorscope, direct recording onto a laptop - so all the tape is is a back-up, plus the image you're getting is the actual post-compression image. There's a load more stuff it does. I can see the point of using a light meter no matter what, but I'm just wondering is there a downside to using this software that you people who actually know what you're talking about can see?
