Light meter app kaput

[Sirius Glass]

Sirius - I just ordered 50 rolls of film - so I'm doing my bit there.
My son was shocked when I told him I use my "handy" as a light meter more often than as a phone. I'm too old to understand how anyone can walk and text at the same time - I'd fall over.
I'll try the fixed app today.

I am so proud of you and your support of the film industry and the economy.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I don't walk around staring at it either. But it sometimes saves bringing a laptop when traveling as I can field and reply to email with the phone. (And though retired I am entangled in some group activities where that is very useful.) I particularly like being able to maintain contact with friends and family via email or text rather than playing tag with attempted voice calls. The GPS/map functions have proven quite useful in navigating unfamiliar cities on foot, etc. In truth, I hardly ever make (or receive) ordinary phone calls with it.

The Big Deal(tm) is that it can play music so you can not only walk around staring at it, you can do so with earphones on so you don't even hear what's about to run you over. The earphones that came with mine are still in the box -- somewhere. There's no music installed on it. I do confess <sniff!> yes <sob!> that I do occasionally take a picture with it. :munch:

And note that I only got one in May 2014, I had to be sure it wasn't a passing fad.

The laptop is primarily used as a GPS for my offroad vehicle. It displays the left side of the screen in 3-D with spacecraft photographs and the right side in 2-D topographical maps. In the evening the laptop is used to check the email. The iPod handles the music.

 

[Sirius Glass]

That's fine - for a phone. Voice calls are about the least thing I use mine for. "Phone" is kind of a misnomer. It's really my tiny, always with me, always connected portable computer which just happens to have a VoIP application that lets me make occasional calls too. I almost don't even care about the voice ability.



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People I like call me or meet me face to face. No one sends text messages to me because my telephone is set up to not accept text messages.

 

[MattKing]

I use a flip phone as a phone.

And I've an old smart phone now that is no longer activated. It works with wi-fi as a useful portable computer with a bunch of other handy tools.

Sort of like an IPOD touch from the thrift store.

 

[John Koehrer]

It's digital and you didn't expect it to fail? Bwah ha, ha,ha, ha!

 

[cliveh]

Buy a Gossen Sixtry. Nice to look at, nice design, nice to play around with, not that you need it anyway.

 

[Roger Cole]

It's digital and you didn't expect it to fail? Bwah ha, ha,ha, ha!

Who said any such thing?


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[TheFlyingCamera]

If you're still looking for an iPhone app for metering, another free one that doesn't ask for credit card info is Pocket Light Meter. It too has apertures down to f/512.

 

[Roger Cole]

If you're still looking for an iPhone app for metering, another free one that doesn't ask for credit card info is Pocket Light Meter. It too has apertures down to f/512.

That's the one we're talking about. At least, I think so. The name on the icon says "LightMeter" but when you run it it says "Pocket Light Meter."

I installed it so long ago I can't remember any credit card request or not. As long as the company looks legit I don't worry too much about things like that. Never had a problem.

 

[DWThomas]

That's the one we're talking about. At least, I think so. The name on the icon says "LightMeter" but when you run it it says "Pocket Light Meter."

I installed it so long ago I can't remember any credit card request or not. As long as the company looks legit I don't worry too much about things like that. Never had a problem.

Yes, I got it thru the Apple App Store (which has a CC of mine on file). As I recall, it was free with some ads, $1.99 to ditch the ads, and the guy, a character in the UK, was indicating you could ditch the ads and buy him a pint for $5.99. As I suggested earlier, compared with some of the desktop software packages, we're talking peanuts.

Edit: And note, this particular app can store a log image as a picture in the phone which shows the exposure data, a thumbnail of the scene and you can type in a note. My Gossen Digisix and Sekonic L508 don't offer that! :munch:

 

[Roger Cole]

Now I remember - I did buy it as free and liked it enough I bought him a pint.


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[removedacct1]

Now I remember - I did buy it as free and liked it enough I bought him a pint.

As did I.
Have any of you done a comparison with a "proper" light meter to determine how reasonably accurate this app is? I use it often, since I don't yet have a real light meter (Gave up my Minolta Flash Meter III many years ago - wish I still had it), but I question its accuracy.

 

[Xmas]

People I like call me or meet me face to face. No one sends text messages to me because my telephone is set up to not accept text messages.

Face time?

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

As did I.
Have any of you done a comparison with a "proper" light meter to determine how reasonably accurate this app is? I use it often, since I don't yet have a real light meter (Gave up my Minolta Flash Meter III many years ago - wish I still had it), but I question its accuracy.

I've not done formal testing with a gray card, but from experience it seems to be within 1/10th of a stop of my Minolta Spotmeter F and my Sekonic L408. Even in extremely low light.

 

[removedacct1]

I've not done formal testing with a gray card, but from experience it seems to be within 1/10th of a stop of my Minolta Spotmeter F and my Sekonic L408. Even in extremely low light.

Thank you for that info. What hardware do you have it installed on? That can make a difference to its accuracy, apparently. I use it on my iPhone 5.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Thank you for that info. What hardware do you have it installed on? That can make a difference to its accuracy, apparently. I use it on my iPhone 5.

I've used it on an iPhone 4, and now on a 6. It was equally accurate for both, but I didn't test it in low light on the 4 the same way I have used it on the 6.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Face time?

In person

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

iPhones have exactly the same effect on your mind as Segways have on your legs, for exactly the same reasons.

And you do remember what happened to the owner of Segway Inc., right?



Ken

 

[Roger Cole]

If you ride a Segway to your mailbox that's stupid. If you have to patrol a mall or something it isn't stupid or lazy. Horses for courses - I'm at the airport now to pick up my wife. She's on a flight two hours later than planned which would just be enough time to get home and turn back around. So I wait. My phone opens up the whole Internet for me and I'm awfully glad I have it.


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[David A. Goldfarb]

I've used it on my iPhone 4 and 5S, and it seems fairly close to my other meters (Minolta Flashmeter III in ambient mode and Gossen Digisix), but responds a little more slowly.