Color temperature meters

There are color temperature meters available. They are expensive. Is there an advantage to using one as we can adjust white balance in RAW? Does anyone have any hands on experience with them? I think they were initially developed for motion picture use but I could be wrong here.
Jonathan

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Few people actually need them in photography, since you usually want to have something different on print/display than what you saw with your eyes.

I've used one to test the change in color temperatures of studio flashes as the power output is changed.

IMO Jonathan, if you don't shoot film, they're just extra weight in the bag! Save your $s for glass instead!

While processing can avoid the need for color temperature meters, I think that true professional applications exist where they still have a use. For example, with architectural photography where hours can be used in setup of a shot, when multiple light sources all have different color temperatures (example, daylight outside visible, tungsten or halogen accent light, fluorescent overhead fixtures) you can put gels on each of the artificial sources to come closer to daylight balance and verify the result with the color temp meter on that light. Or you could gel the windows to make daylight warmer to approximate the tungsten and halogen sources, in balancing the interior with the outside backdrop. But as someone else said, few people actually need them in photography.

Look on e-bay for the Minolta color meter II.
About $250-$300.

As was said, architectual shots benefit from using the device.
Or if you are photographing art for reproduction it is invaluable.

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