Light Metering Basics: What is a spot meter?

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This scene is an excerpt from a Light Metering Video:

Spot meters read reflectance and try to expose to middle gray. In this video, I'll cover how the spot meter works and how I use it to calibrate my camera/meter's perception of middle gray.

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B camera: Jeremy Le
C camera: George Mentchoukov
AC: Fausto Darquea
AC: Tyler Stefanelli
Stills: Mike Paragas
Grip: Blake Gilmore
Grip: Shane-Mark Gallo
Audio: Q
Model: Savanah Joeckel
Model: Danny Shepherd

Gear used in this video:

Sekonic L-858 (Light Meter):
ColorChecker Video (Color chip/grayscale):

Camera
Sony FS7 (A, B, C camera):
a7R III (D camera):
128GB XQD (FS7 media):
Metabones Speedbooster (Lens adapter):
FS7 Extension Unit (Timecode Generator):
Tentacle Sync E (Timecode Generator):
Wooden Camera UMB-1 (Matte box):
Schneider RHOdiums (ND .3-2.1):
HyperCore 150 Gold Mount (camera batteries):
Miller CX8 (tripod):
Inovativ Scout 42 (camera cart):

Monitors
SmallHD 1703 (Production Monitor):
SmallHD 703 (7" UltraBright monitor):
SmallHD 503 (5" UltraBright monitor):
SmallHD FOCUS (5" on-camera monitor):
Atomos Ninja V (4K recorder):

I like SmallHD...

Audio
Zoom F4 (audio recorder):
Sennheiser AVX (wireless mic):
Sanken COS-11D (lavalier mic):

Lights
Lowel Rifa eX88 (1K softbox):
Aputure 120D (LED light):
Aputure 300D (LED light):
Butterfly Frame (8x8 diffusion):

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