A lot of shooters don't use meters when shooting digital and if your up for doing a shit load of test shots to get your exposure right on your main light, fill light, accent lights etc..etc..etc. then you can get by without a meter. I use a meter "extensively" thruout my shoots and my clients tell me that my work is more consistant in color and exposure then any other shooter that they buy content from. This of course makes less work for my clients who do their own color correction & retouching and it goes without saying how much they appreciate my attention to details like that.
My advice.....buy a meter and learn to use it. But, learn to use your histogram as well. Learning both of these tools will put you miles ahead of some of your competition
