LightMeter
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People generally like the LightMeter app, praising its accuracy, simplicity, and ease of use, although some users report issues with compatibility and calibration on certain phone models.
I shot an entire vacation using this app. 8 rolls of film with essentially very basic entry level knowledge of film photography. In terms of exposure, almost all photos turned out looking great. I tried using other apps and they just weren't as intuitive as this one. I like how simple this app is and for someone who has probably bought less than 10 apps ever, this is one that I am happy I paid for.
Off by three stops. Had this app for a few years now. It worked great on my Pixel 2. However, when I upgraded my phone to the Pixel 6, the app is now off by 3 stops. If I'm metering for 400 speed film, I have to set the ISO on the app to 50 to get a proper exposure. Even though it's 3 stops off, because of it's simplicity, this is still my goto light meter app.
I wish I could have a better way to determine if my phone's camera is compatible with the reflect meter. There is a huge discrepancy between the reflected light meter and the incidental light meter. I haven't done any shots using the meter, but the incidental seems about accurate to the Sunny 16 rule—close enough that I'm sure it's working as designed, at least. Using the reflected meter, though, the meter is always around 1/500 at f2, no matter what I meter, though my phone saves exposure exif.
This light meter app is well worth the price. I checked it out with several of my cameras it is spot-on. Very happy that I purchased it. Two changes that would improve this Light Meter. 1. The digital readout just below the zoom lever is nice but the ISO changes from my selected ISO when displayed. 2. Exposure Compensation option would be great. I use this a lot when shooting.
I really like this app, it's very easy to use and pretty accurate. I do have an issue, after getting a new Galaxy s10 I was never able to get the spot meter to work. it might have something to do with the app using the wrong camera out of the 3 it has or theres a setting I dont see. I use this on my old Galaxy s7 and it works perfectly on that.
Excellent! Nice to have meter with an intuitive, analog readout. I love the simple calculator dial of my Weston 737, and this works just as well. Unfortunately the settings tab is placed where I can't get to it: if I try to touch it, phone settings come down instead of app settings. I would LOVE to see continuous reading in reflected mode. Perhaps this is a little ambitious, but that would make this my favorite metering app by a huge margin.
I used an old Weston V analog light meter for my film work as well as a newer Sekonic Digital Light meter And honestly this app works just as well 98% of the time. When shooting color negative film the results have always been very pleasing and exactly what I was going for depending on my metering needs. I surely hope that this product continues to develop and will someday have the features that the iOS version has.
I like it. It works consistently for me, but at least in lower light, I have to find an average then set my shutter about 3 stops lower than what the light meter says if I want it to look the way it really is. That's fine. I can do that and know that it's going to work. I saw a review where the app crashes on a guy's A14. I have the same phone and it's working for me.
Im running LineageOS 20.0 (android 13) on a OnePlus 6T and i cant use the app because its not connecting to my back camera, only to front camera. This is an excellent implementation of a photographic light meter. I like the Apple vesion a little more though I paid for both because they're both so we'll done. This is a great tool for those of us who still shoot film on classic mechanical cameras.
Very slick and genuinely usefull light meter for manual film cameras. I have a suggestion for a spin-off app. I would have a big use for an app that let's me take a test image with my phone and have the app work as a calculator for setting a manual film camera to achieve the correct exposure based on the phone Exif data. I currently can do this with some arithmetic and a bunch of thinking. Almost everything to make this app is already in the light meter app. Cheers