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A New Tool For Photographers
https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/
-- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ As long as it works well, $300 doesn't seem too bad. Then again, people who already use meters might have a more useful opinion. |
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In article 2017051014370936716-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/ill...oth-light-colo r-meter/ very cool. |
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On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. |
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On 2017-05-11 20:30:30 +0000, charles said:
On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. I have a lightmeter app, *FotometerV2* for my iPhone, and it does a somewhat reasonable job, but considering it is using the camera lenses I wouldn't call it a replacement for a good incident light meter such as a Sekonic, it probably has somewhat questionable accuracy. The *Illuminati* uses a measuring device that is separate from the phone, and only uses the CPU in the phone to make calculations based on the input from the measuring device. I would say the potential as an accurate light meter for the *Illuminati* is high. however, until it is properly road tested we are not going to know for sure. That said, compared to a Sekonic, in price and performance it looks very promising. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Thu, 11 May 2017 13:59:34 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2017-05-11 20:30:30 +0000, charles said: On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. I have a lightmeter app, *FotometerV2* for my iPhone, and it does a somewhat reasonable job, but considering it is using the camera lenses I wouldn't call it a replacement for a good incident light meter such as a Sekonic, it probably has somewhat questionable accuracy. The *Illuminati* uses a measuring device that is separate from the phone, and only uses the CPU in the phone to make calculations based on the input from the measuring device. I would say the potential as an accurate light meter for the *Illuminati* is high. however, until it is properly road tested we are not going to know for sure. That said, compared to a Sekonic, in price and performance it looks very promising. I still have a Luna Pro SBC and a Soligor spot meter from back in the days when it mattered. For me, now, auto exposure works well enough. |
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On 2017-05-11 21:31:29 +0000, charles said:
On Thu, 11 May 2017 13:59:34 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-11 20:30:30 +0000, charles said: On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. I have a lightmeter app, *FotometerV2* for my iPhone, and it does a somewhat reasonable job, but considering it is using the camera lenses I wouldn't call it a replacement for a good incident light meter such as a Sekonic, it probably has somewhat questionable accuracy. The *Illuminati* uses a measuring device that is separate from the phone, and only uses the CPU in the phone to make calculations based on the input from the measuring device. I would say the potential as an accurate light meter for the *Illuminati* is high. however, until it is properly road tested we are not going to know for sure. That said, compared to a Sekonic, in price and performance it looks very promising. I still have a Luna Pro SBC and a Soligor spot meter from back in the days when it mattered. For me, now, auto exposure works well enough. I would say everything is going to depend on the needs of the photographer, and the type of shooting he/she does. For me, the metering done by the camera does a great job. However, there are times when the camera metering will fail you, or there is little choice but to go full manual and the assistance of a good incident/spot light is going to be invaluable. Consider shooting in a studio with variable artificial lighting, or outdoors using ND filters. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Thu, 11 May 2017 14:31:29 -0700, charles wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2017 13:59:34 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-11 20:30:30 +0000, charles said: On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. I have a lightmeter app, *FotometerV2* for my iPhone, and it does a somewhat reasonable job, but considering it is using the camera lenses I wouldn't call it a replacement for a good incident light meter such as a Sekonic, it probably has somewhat questionable accuracy. The *Illuminati* uses a measuring device that is separate from the phone, and only uses the CPU in the phone to make calculations based on the input from the measuring device. I would say the potential as an accurate light meter for the *Illuminati* is high. however, until it is properly road tested we are not going to know for sure. That said, compared to a Sekonic, in price and performance it looks very promising. I still have a Luna Pro SBC and a Soligor spot meter from back in the days when it mattered. For me, now, auto exposure works well enough. My first exposure meter was a crud thing using a stepped optical wedge. Read the lowest number you could see and feed it into the calculator on the back of the device and that gave you an approximation to the intensity of the light being reflected from the subject. I quickly upgraded to a Weston II with an incident light attachment. This measured the intensity of the light falling on the subject and the calculator gave you an exposure which would best capture the range of intensity of the light being reflected from the subject. [The Sekonic came along at about that time but I decided that for my purposes it was more of a status symbol than a useful tool.] All of these became redundant with advent of the digital camera. No longer do I have to use one form of estimation or another to determine the exposure to suit the light being reflected by the subject. All of the digital cameras I have used over the years have directly measured the range of light intensity being reflected by the subject and directly calculated the necessary exposure settings to be used by the camera. No more estimation: an exact measurement and calculation. And of course I can always adjust the exposure up or down to suit my intention. As far as I can see, these days, the only real use for an incident light meter is to assist with the setting of studio lighting. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 2017-05-11 23:20:22 +0000, Eric Stevens said:
On Thu, 11 May 2017 14:31:29 -0700, charles wrote: On Thu, 11 May 2017 13:59:34 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-11 20:30:30 +0000, charles said: On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:37:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/10/illuminati-worlds-first-bluetooth-light-color-meter/ There are smartphone aps that claim to do something similar. No idea how accurate they are. I have a lightmeter app, *FotometerV2* for my iPhone, and it does a somewhat reasonable job, but considering it is using the camera lenses I wouldn't call it a replacement for a good incident light meter such as a Sekonic, it probably has somewhat questionable accuracy. The *Illuminati* uses a measuring device that is separate from the phone, and only uses the CPU in the phone to make calculations based on the input from the measuring device. I would say the potential as an accurate light meter for the *Illuminati* is high. however, until it is properly road tested we are not going to know for sure. That said, compared to a Sekonic, in price and performance it looks very promising. I still have a Luna Pro SBC and a Soligor spot meter from back in the days when it mattered. For me, now, auto exposure works well enough. My first exposure meter was a crud thing using a stepped optical wedge. Read the lowest number you could see and feed it into the calculator on the back of the device and that gave you an approximation to the intensity of the light being reflected from the subject. I quickly upgraded to a Weston II with an incident light attachment. This measured the intensity of the light falling on the subject and the calculator gave you an exposure which would best capture the range of intensity of the light being reflected from the subject. [The Sekonic came along at about that time but I decided that for my purposes it was more of a status symbol than a useful tool.] All of these became redundant with advent of the digital camera. No longer do I have to use one form of estimation or another to determine the exposure to suit the light being reflected by the subject. All of the digital cameras I have used over the years have directly measured the range of light intensity being reflected by the subject and directly calculated the necessary exposure settings to be used by the camera. No more estimation: an exact measurement and calculation. And of course I can always adjust the exposure up or down to suit my intention. As far as I can see, these days, the only real use for an incident light meter is to assist with the setting of studio lighting. ....or when using ND1000, or combos of ND/ND grad filters, necessitating manual exposure, and calculating long exposures. That is about the only time I can see I would need one today as I don't do any studio work with artificial lighting and/or gels. Like you 99% of my shooting depends on the AE capability of my cameras. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 5/11/2017 6:28 PM, Savageduck wrote:
snip I would say everything is going to depend on the needs of the photographer, and the type of shooting he/she does. For me, the metering done by the camera does a great job. However, there are times when the camera metering will fail you, or there is little choice but to go full manual and the assistance of a good incident/spot light is going to be invaluable. Consider shooting in a studio with variable artificial lighting, or outdoors using ND filters. I use the average reading from the meter, and then a quick calculation to adjust for the ND filter. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vnu51qaq5bepdxm/nubble%203475.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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