For candid street photos, shoot (color or B&W) negative film and use sunny
16 (f/16 with the shutter set to the film speed). (Although I find that
actual meter readings usually come out closer to "sunny 8" that sunny 16.)

Otherwise, it depends on your budget. I think that Cosina/Voightlander makes
a reasonably priced (US$100 or so) meter that goes in the flash shoe and
looks quite retro/Leica-like, although it's silver, not black.

The Sekonic Twinmate L-208 claims to fit in a flash shoe, but it really
doesn't, but works fine as a generic handheld meter. I wanted the Gossen
that doesn't require a battery but the store was out so I bought the L-208.
The L-208's pretty cheap, but I really don't see any need to spend any more.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

I like both my Sekonic L-208 and my Sverdlovsk-2.

The Sekonic L-208 twinmate is very small (around 2.5"x1.5"x1")
slightly retro-looking analogue meter with both reflected
light and incident modes.

The Sverdlovsk-2 is a little larger and not very pretty, but it
gives readings which agree closely with the Sekonic and it has
a nice viewfinder to help aim the meter. It was also very cheap.

Peter.

Just use print film, the exposure latitude is wide enough where a good guess
is normally good enough. For candid street photo's a light meter would be
too slow and "un-candid"