Cine Meter and Cine Meter II are two separate products with a common
core feature set. Both have exactly the same false-color and
waveform-monitor displays.
If all you really want is a basic reflected exposure meter, along with a WFM and a false-color display, then Cine Meter will do what you need — and Cine Meter is free!
Cine Meter II adds:
Notes:
If all you really want is a basic reflected exposure meter, along with a WFM and a false-color display, then Cine Meter will do what you need — and Cine Meter is free!
Cine Meter II adds:
- portrait (vertical) mode for easier one-handed use;
- a zoomable spotmeter;
- use of the front camera for “lightmeter selfies” (using yourself as the model when taking spot readings);
- incident metering with added diffusion or Lumu Lite™;
- color temperature / tint measurements;
- shutter angle adjustments;
- compensations for ND filters and for arbitrary filter factors;
- difference measurements for comparing exposure and color values;
- data logging: record exposure and color values in .csv files for later analysis;
- a web server for remotely retrieving realtime readings.
Cine Meter | Cine Meter II | |
Common Features | Live
Picture with adjustable false-color mode. Waveform monitor with Y, RGB, and YRGB modes; frame or line view. Shutter-priority reflected light meter. Spot metering (central 40% of image). Exposure and White Balance Locks. Screen capture by tapping & holding picture. |
|
Controls | ISO; Shutter speed or FPS (assumes 180º shutter angle). | ISO; FPS; Shutter speed or angle; secondary speed/angle readout; ND filter compensation; additional filter compensation. Aperture-priority by tapping and setting Aperture value. Difference measurement. Log recording. |
Spotmeter |
Spotmeter
area can be repositioned in image. |
Spotmeter
can be zoomed up to 15x. [1] |
Camera
Use |
Rear-facing
camera only. [2] |
Front-
or rear-facing camera, switchable. |
Incident
metering |
No. |
Yes,
including lux/fc measurement. [3] |
Color
Metering |
No. |
Yes
[4]. |
Device
orientation |
Landscape
(horizontal) only. |
Portrait
(vertical) or landscape (horizontal). |
Compatibility |
iOS
5.1.1 or newer |
iOS 11 or newer (for latest version) |
Notes:
- Zoom requires iOS 7 or later and a recent iDevice: iPhone 5, iPod touch 5G, iPad Air, iPad mini 2G or later.
- Cine Meter will use the front camera on the 2013 - June 2014 iPod touch 5G 16GB models without a rear camera.
- Use diffusion over the camera for incident readings with any iDevice. Lumu Lite requires an iDevice that has a headphone jack.
- Color metering requires iOS 8 or newer, and either a neutral white target (reflected mode) or diffusion over the camera (incident mode). Lumu Lite cannot be used for color readings.
© 2015–2024 Adam J. Wilt. Last updated 2024-12-14