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Two light-meter apps compared
 
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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:
Cine Meter II is a more fully-featured reflected & incident exposure meter, spotmeter, and color meter for cinematographers.



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:
  1. Zoom requires iOS 7 or later and a recent iDevice: iPhone 5, iPod touch 5G, iPad Air, iPad mini 2G or later.
  2. Cine Meter will use the front camera on the 2013 - June 2014 iPod touch 5G 16GB models without a rear camera.
  3. Use diffusion over the camera for incident readings with any iDevice. Lumu Lite requires an iDevice that has a headphone jack.
  4. 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.

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