Explore: Light Meter

A light meter (or illuminometer) is a device used to measure the amount of light. In photography, an exposure meter is a light meter coupled to either

and Steinheil. A high-quality Tessar lens was made by Zeiss. Rollei's light meter supplier was Gossen. Whether to use either a photovoltaic selenium sensor

internal light meter. As the aperture is adjusted, the opening expands and contracts in increments called f-stops. The smaller the f-stop, the more light is

400 sets were manufactured). With added integral TTL light meter. First Leica with a light meter, a mechanical swinging-arm CDS cell positioned behind

useless for in-camera light metering. Built-in light metering with SLRs started with clip-on selenium cell meters. One such meter was made for the Nikon

selenium meter is a light-measuring instrument based on the photoelectric properties of selenium. The most common use of such light meters is measuring

the bright halo around the body and hairline. Spot metering allows the camera to measure the light reflected from the person's face and expose properly

estimating correct daylight exposures without a light meter. Apart from the advantage of independence from a light meter, the sunny 16 rule can also aid in achieving

A side-effect of the FT's light meter was a dimmer viewfinder. The Pen FV was essentially a Pen FT without the light meter and with the brighter viewfinder

Metering may refer to: Measuring instrument: Device for measuring a physical quantity. Ramp meter: Device; usually a basic traffic light or a two-section