donald_miller5 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 All I want is a simple Iphone light meter app for range finder cameras, I do not spot meter readers or what or what my Iphone needs. I just want to know what setting at a given parameter of ISO, shutter speed and F stop.. Something along the simple lines of the Kodaks frome the 60"s. Any help of course would be extremely helpful. It would be nicer to have it give just to be given an exposure value like on the Signet 50> THANK YOU Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Did you try Googling "iphone lightmeter apps"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Did you try Googling "iphone lightmeter apps"? yes but none of them appear to do what i am looking for or maybe i am misreading their description Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo_galleries Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Here are a couple: - myLightMeter Free/Pro - Pocket Light Meter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilmarco Imaging Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Pocket Light Meter works well. Try it and tell us how it works for you. Wilmarco Imaging Wilmarco Imaging, on Flickr wilmarcoimaging on Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Pocket Light Meter works well. Try it and tell us how it works for you. I have that but at first it seemed so sensitive to minor movements that the readings fluctuated a lot as opposed to the meters on my range finders. I went back to it and one just has to get used to its personality. Yes it will provide me with what I am looking for. Thanks for advising me to take another look at it Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Willemse Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I use Lux, which is free. It's quite OK. If I look now at the app store, though, there is a lot of apps with that name.... I think at the back-end, these applications will not differ much in measurements as they rely on what iOS delivers. The metering on the iPhone seems very much some sort of matrix metering, and with a relatively wide lens (which may include a lot of sky, for example), it means you have to think a bit about where you point it if you have a scene with big differences in light levels. In my view, if you need an app like this often, it's worth spending some money on a real lightmeter, though. But opinions may vary on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Yes they are simple but they a at least an accurate version of the sunny 16 rule which at my level is 80% percent of the game. Of course metering systems today are state of the art but I am not at that point and never will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) It's really unnecessary to have metering if you are shooting color negative film or ordinary B&W. Slide films are the place where very accurate metering is required-- otherwise, not so much given the 3-5 stops latitude in the ordinary films. You will have learn how to use "sunny-16" (Wiki: LINK), of course. For shooting at ISO 100, the sunny-16 exposure is f/16 at 1/100 sec - adjust from there The best light meter I've ever used is the Gossen Luna-Pro SBC, but it's bigger than a lot of the cameras I use it with:| Edited May 30, 2018 by JDMvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 I know that there is a wide margin on color prints but I do see Lee’s need for tweaking when I do not need to intuitively guess sunny 16. Not by much though signet 50 with meter Fuji 400 almost no adjustment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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