fjrabon
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Just searched lightmeter for iphone and theres one called Pocket light meter...Its got good reviews and is free...
I just downloaded one. Can't remember what it's called. But then I played with it and it's really pretty cool. I can stop it where I get the exposure where I want it and I can select a smaller area of the screen to meter. Pretty cool! Now I have to play with it with the cameras!
I have seen some of the iphone-ography and the ability it has to get really accurate has always impressed me over my android which sucked in a major way. I'll let you know how the meter ap does when I go play with it. I expect it to be fairly close, to be honest with you.oh well
Maybe search for light meter app. So in case you forgot to bring your light meter and you can use your phone as light meter. The one I use for Android is beecam lightmeter. Not sure if they make one for Apple. If not, I am sure there are similar apps.
So with that app, I set the ISO and f number, then the app use the phone light sensor (I guess) and tell me the LUX, EV as well as shutter speed. (Of course, if I set the shutter speed, it will give me the f number based on the ambient)
I can't see how that would be within 2 stops of being accurate. Light meters on cell phones aren't made to be accurate to any sort of degree of precision, they just have generalized readings for 'pitch black', 'sorta dark', 'normal', 'bright light' and 'full on sunshine'. At that point you might as well just use your camera, LCD and histogram.
Yeah, don't mind me. I'm just super picky about light meters. If I'm going to use one it better be more accurate and faster than me just looking at the histogram and using experience. I PERSONALLY don't see the point of light meters unless they're dead on accurate to 1/3 a stop.