Light Meter
May 17, 2018 19:26:41 #
tallshooter wrote:
After playing with the light meter app, it is having me expose to the right on my D7100 and D7200 (brighter) and the sharpness is much better. They are both the same, weird.
If you are happy with that, couldn't you just use + exposure compensation in the camera and leave the phone in your pocket? ETTR (expose to the right) has been discussed here many times. I'm glad your phone brought it to your attention. Happy shooting!
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May 17, 2018 19:28:45 #
Bill_de wrote:
If you are happy with that, couldn't you just use + exposure compensation in the camera and leave the phone in your pocket? ETTR (expose to the right) has been discussed here many times. I'm glad your phone brought it to your attention. Happy shooting!
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I think I will.
Thanks Bill
May 17, 2018 20:13:01 #
When I make a decision to make an H.D.R. "collected image of three" I use an old Honeywell/Pentax spot meter. I first take a reading of the clouds as to not have blown-out whites, and then the dark shadows as not to have "blacked-out" areas. I do not give a care about the middle shades, as those shall fall into place.
This is what I do with my spot meter = Others here will have their own way, as they should. This works well for me.
As far as getting in focus and sharper images = That would be something different as with proper focusing and aperture settings.
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This is what I do with my spot meter = Others here will have their own way, as they should. This works well for me.
As far as getting in focus and sharper images = That would be something different as with proper focusing and aperture settings.
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May 17, 2018 20:53:19 #
I've tried three different phone ap light meters and haven't found any of them accurate enough to use.
May 17, 2018 21:23:23 #
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May 18, 2018 03:25:16 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I do know why eating vegetables make you healthier but I don't know why a light meter can help anyone takes sharper pictures.
Same here to both issues. Wow, I've used a light meter for decades with film and I've never heard of a "sharpness meter", just careful focusing.
May 18, 2018 03:40:35 #
tallshooter wrote:
Does anyone use a light meter app on their phone? I've never had a light meter but I downloaded a light meter app a year ago. I am just now attempting to use it and finding that focus, maybe sharpness, is greatly improved when I set the camera as recommended by the app.
I found a "light meter app" for my phone but I have not really used it for an actual exposure. I have two real hand held light meters, a Gossen Luna Six (reluctance meter) and a Minolta Spot/Strobe Meter. I have not tried the SmartPhone meter outdoors yet but it seems really inaccurate indoors. Does not match any of my handhelds or in camera meters. Yet they all read similarly to one another.
How do you calibrate a Cell Phone meter? Does anyone have a CellPhone "camera" that is easy to use on Manual settings? I've found under the right conditions I can get an acceptable Cell shot with the camera on automatic. My Galaxy Note5 has manual setting and even Raw available but it is a bitch to set to manual setting and they reset to Auto / Default every time you restart the Camera.
I hope no one is going to say they use a CellPhone software "light meter" app for manual shots with their Nikon D850 camera!
May 18, 2018 10:05:45 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Same here to both issues. Wow, I've used a light meter for decades with film and I've never heard of a "sharpness meter", just careful focusing.
I routinely use a sharpness and Auto-composition filter.
May 18, 2018 11:20:48 #
camerapapi wrote:
Honestly, I do not know what focus and sharpness has to do with metering or am I missing something? An exposure meter, I do not know about the application, only serves the purpose of metering the light.
Sharpness depends more on the photographer than the lens itself.
Sharpness depends more on the photographer than the lens itself.
May 18, 2018 11:26:30 #
May 18, 2018 11:28:31 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I found a "light meter app" for my phone... (show quote)
Sorry cell phones were never meant to be used in manual setting. they were meant to be used by the general public. Hence the auto settings.
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