As I’ve delved deeply into the old and the niche of film photography, I’ve found myself loving cameras that either have no light meter, no viewfinder, or… neither. In those cases, I have found the L.D. Meter from Chinotechs to be the near-perfect solution. I first became aware of the L.D. Meter when I saw photographer Jace LeRoy using one on his 3D-printed Infidex 176V panoramic film camera. I distinctly remember pausing his video on Threads so I could get a closer look at what he was using, because it seemed like exactly what I could use. Previously, I had been relying on an older version of the Keks KM-Q meter, but mine didn’t ship with a way to shoe mount it (probably buyer error) and I found myself pretty quickly needing to know not only exposure information, but also distance information. See, I have been deep down a rabbit hole of medium format panoramic photography which is seeing a renaissance of sorts over the last six months as three have been announced in quick succession .…