bobwysiwyg
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Any app like this on an android phone?
+1 [holds breath]
Any app like this on an android phone?
Hope Android users will have this app too. It's accurate and cheap. I used it shooting Friday. I was using my spot meter and the iPhone app and it's within a 1/2 stop of my Minolta meter's readings. Keep in mind that the app takes an average reading.
Agreed. Worldwide, there are more smartphones with android than iphones. Would be very welcome to have it on android.
Perhaps as every iPhone is very similar, it's easier to write the program and be accurate on every device; I might guess why iit hasn't been ported to android.
Here are a couple that I metered with the Pocket Light Meter app on my iPhone.
4x5 Korona, Fujinon 90mm f/8, Delta 100 in Pyrocat HD.
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Old Fall River Road creek, Rocky Mountain National Park
Bronica GS-1 6x7cm, 110mm f/4 Macro, Delta 100 in XTOL.
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Avalanche Creek 1, Glacier National Park
Since this thread is about the efficacy of the i-thingy meter, I have to ask is there any shadow detail on the negatives? Because on my screen the pictures look underexposed. I do quite a lot of very similar work under similar lighting and always get much more shadow detail. But then I have the disadvantage of using a 50+ year old LunaSix.And 100 year old lenses.
I know you're poking fun, but the 100 year old lenses themselves will help open up the shadows.
Well, yes and no. You still have to expose properly. The slight diffuse flare ( there's very little with a masked compendium and only two internal surfaces) will help get the film off the toe of the curve, thus opening up the shadows a bit. It's one of the reasons I use the lenses, that and the smooth tonality.
I get good shadow detail with the set of modern coated lenses which I use on 4x5, too. And then there's the possibilty that it's something to do with my monitor, or the contrast range the poster chose.
But if that's what is on the negatives, the shadows are underexposed, and the contrast range of the scene is such that it isn't neccesary.
What's an iphone and does it have a clockwork mechanism? If so I want one.
Of course it's a stupid way to get a light meter, if that's the sole reason you're getting it. But if you've already got an iPhone (I don't know if there is a similar app for Android or Blackberry), then it would be stupid NOT to get the app...
The meter works as good as any other meter as long as you understand it, just like any other meter. Be careful using the iThing as a meter, its chews through the battery life and you will need to charge it every night.
Be careful using the iThing as a meter, its chews through the battery life and you will need to charge it every night.
The meter works as good as any other meter as long as you understand it, just like any other meter. Be careful using the iThing as a meter, its chews through the battery life and you will need to charge it every night.
The battery in my LunaSix was installed in 1998. My Weston doesn't have a battery/cell, just a photovoltaic cell which was factory installed. In the mid 1950s.
But by all means, go out and get an i-thingy. Don't go far from an outlet, though.![]()
As previously mentioned, buying an iPhone for the purpose of installing a light meter is asinine. But if you're going to have a smartphone that is capable of also being a pretty good light meter, why not add the capability? Or are you just so bitter that you have to @#!*% on everything that isn't to your taste?
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