I have used the iPhone meter (myLightmeterPro) with great success in pinhole photography with relatively long exposure times (1 sek - 30 sek). No physical meter would have been better. Since I have my iPhone with me at all times, I no longer use anything other than my iPhone. I have used other apps, but MyLightmeterPro is all I use now. Great app. Nice iPhone 12. I only have used the reflective functions. i like very much the 5 settings for different lenses. My only problem is when I get a new iPhone 16. Then I will have to check if their readings are properly correlated. I have only recently come across TheNakedPhotographer, and I find this to be the best youtube ever! I will contribute (to Patreon, I think I saw ...) shortly.
Very interesting. I recently shot a roll of hp5 in 120 in an industrial area after dark. I don't have an incident meter but my minolta spot meter was doing fine until I found a very dark scene where I couldn't get a reading from it (needed a flashlight to focus). I tried my nikon f80 with a 50mm 1.4 and it was also unable to read. So I downloaded a light meter app that gives a reflected reading from the rear facing camera and it gave me something like 20s at 2.8 before reciprocity correction. The negative (box speed in xtol 1:1) was perfect. I've got no idea what the meter weighting pattern is but I had the same shadow density on that frame as the rest of the roll when contact printed. Granted hp5 is a very forgiving film, but still. This was using Samsung galaxy s8 btw. Love your channel.
Thanks for doing this! I use this app, and I shoot in lower light situations. Though I've had decent results, I've wondered how it would compare to a quality light meter.
I am a newbie using a light meter and have a problem when using this app with a film camera’s Canon AE-1. For example, when I test the light volume by camera, it is shown under exposure, but when I use this app (iPhone 14 pro, SS is set to 1/125 and ISO is 200), it shows the recommended aperture is F2. I don't know why the result is so different...(According to the camera's manual, this camera only shows the recommended aperture, that means it bypasses the aperture value, and just based on ISO and shutter speed to calculate the recommended aperture value.)
@@TheNakedPhotographer The author of MyLightmeterPro suggests using an old translucent film canister and a hobby knife. Maybe I will try one day, but right now I couldn't be bothered. I have thought about using something like the canister in a Phil Davis way, but film is also forgiving to simplicicity, I hope. I go for just the iPhone, and then learning to be correlated with it.
The app gives a means to adjust the reading up or down to match a dedicated meter, but it keeps that adjustment through the entire range. My tests here showed that at the extreme low end, it may not be consistent
I have used the iPhone meter (myLightmeterPro) with great success in pinhole photography with relatively long exposure times (1 sek - 30 sek). No physical meter would have been better. Since I have my iPhone with me at all times, I no longer use anything other than my iPhone. I have used other apps, but MyLightmeterPro is all I use now. Great app. Nice iPhone 12. I only have used the reflective functions. i like very much the 5 settings for different lenses. My only problem is when I get a new iPhone 16. Then I will have to check if their readings are properly correlated. I have only recently come across TheNakedPhotographer, and I find this to be the best youtube ever! I will contribute (to Patreon, I think I saw ...) shortly.
Very interesting. I recently shot a roll of hp5 in 120 in an industrial area after dark. I don't have an incident meter but my minolta spot meter was doing fine until I found a very dark scene where I couldn't get a reading from it (needed a flashlight to focus). I tried my nikon f80 with a 50mm 1.4 and it was also unable to read. So I downloaded a light meter app that gives a reflected reading from the rear facing camera and it gave me something like 20s at 2.8 before reciprocity correction. The negative (box speed in xtol 1:1) was perfect. I've got no idea what the meter weighting pattern is but I had the same shadow density on that frame as the rest of the roll when contact printed. Granted hp5 is a very forgiving film, but still.
This was using Samsung galaxy s8 btw.
Love your channel.
I also have a Galaxy S8 and use the same lightmeter app in this video- good results in Low Light. :)
Thanks for doing this! I use this app, and I shoot in lower light situations. Though I've had decent results, I've wondered how it would compare to a quality light meter.
This is great info for me - I use an iPhone 7+ to meter, so this gives me food for thought! : )
And thank you, of course!
Glad to help!
I am a newbie using a light meter and have a problem when using this app with a film camera’s Canon AE-1. For example, when I test the light volume by camera, it is shown under exposure, but when I use this app (iPhone 14 pro, SS is set to 1/125 and ISO is 200), it shows the recommended aperture is F2. I don't know why the result is so different...(According to the camera's manual, this camera only shows the recommended aperture, that means it bypasses the aperture value, and just based on ISO and shutter speed to calculate the recommended aperture value.)
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Ok, I have that app in pro version, I would like to know if you have proceeded to make the right calibration on both phones.
Thank you!
I just used them as is compared to my Sekonic
What a shame there is no sound in the video 😔
Where did you buy the spherical diffuser phone adapter? I’ve looked but I can’t find it anywhere
It’s called Luxi For All, but I don’t know if it’s still made
@@TheNakedPhotographer The author of MyLightmeterPro suggests using an old translucent film canister and a hobby knife. Maybe I will try one day, but right now I couldn't be bothered. I have thought about using something like the canister in a Phil Davis way, but film is also forgiving to simplicicity, I hope. I go for just the iPhone, and then learning to be correlated with it.
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Do you need that little attachment for the phones? I have the app but i always thought it used the rear cameras and not the selfie cams?
Reflected metering uses the rear camera, incident uses the front facing camera. The dome averages the light for incident
What’s the product name for the dome? Can you share a link to find it?
Yea I’d like to know as well. Thanks
This light meter gave accurate results on my Sony phone
The app gives a means to adjust the reading up or down to match a dedicated meter, but it keeps that adjustment through the entire range. My tests here showed that at the extreme low end, it may not be consistent