We have a lot of tools to measure exposure, but to me, the light meter is the simplest and truest. Every cinematographer has a different way of checking exposure in a shot, whether it’s a single tool ...

The iPhone democratized photography and disrupted the video and camera industry. Now a new product that plugs into the iPhone’s Lightning port aims to replace an important photographer’s tool — the ...

Avid photographers know lighting is important. Often times, those dedicated to getting the perfect picture have expensive meters meant to allow them insight on which is the best exposure and filter ...

In the days of old, back when television was solely recorded on a thing called “film,” the cinematographer was known as a kind of fortune-teller/ magician who could mysteriously read the light in the ...

[Marc] has an old Voigtländer Vito CLR film camera. The camera originally came with an analog light meter built-in. The meter consisted of a type of solar panel hooked up to a coil and a needle. As ...

Light meters, these days, are no longer a mystery: From home-improvement stores to eBay and Amazon you can find have at least a few units available for purchase. An open-source light meter, however, ...

Let's talk light meters. I was going to put this in the accessories thread, but it seems to have expanded in size so doing it's own thread. So, I've got an old analog light meter with 15 & 5 degrees ...

Photometers or light meters are radiometers that include a filter and photodiode and responds based on the average human eye: the CIE 1924 luminosity function V λ. However, the light sensitive diode ...

The latest product in the Admesy product family is the Asteria, a high-speed measurement device suited for Luminance, Illuminance and Flicker measurements. Based on the popular Admesy MSE platform the ...