[Marc] has an old Voigtländer Vito CLR film camera. The camera originally came with an analog light meter built-in. The meter consisted of a type of solar panel hooked up to a coil and a needle. As ...

Photographers, makers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts may be interested in a great project that provides inspiration and instructions on building your very own camera light meter. The Photon is a compact ...

Replay: The apparent convenience of shooting digital has meant that the humble light meter has taken a bit of a popularity hit of late. But as Phil Rhodes writes, they are in fact still one of the ...

Dip into the complex metering modes on a modern digital camera and it’s easy to forget that photographers once relied on dedicated handheld devices to meticulously measure light before firing the ...

Light meters, these days, are no longer a mystery: From home-improvement stores to eBay and Amazon you can find have at least a few units available for purchase. An open-source light meter, however, ...