In last month’s column I talked about the importance of a light meter, even in today’s digital age, as well as explaining how meters function. To expand on that thought, I wanted to share a technique ...

The best light meter for photography is rarely at the forefront of the average photographer’s mind nowadays, thanks to the reliability of in-camera light meters and handy metering aids such as ...

Dip into the complex metering modes on a modern digital camera and it’s easy to forget that photographers once relied on dedicated handheld devices to meticulously measure light before firing the ...

Luxi is a small diffusion dome that fits securely over your iPhone’s front-facing camera. When attached and used with a light meter app, Luxi will help you determine the best settings for your DSLR or ...

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 ...

Gauging the amount of light that's in a scene is one of the most fundamental and important skills for a photographer to have. Knowing how to set the exposure on a camera will produce a picture that's ...

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 ...