Light Meters Archives

20 June, 2025

Weston Master V – a Review of the Masterful Exposure Meter

By Bob Janes

I confess the company history around the Weston meter leaves me a bit confused. There were lots of mergers and buy-outs over time on both sides of the Atlantic. Sangamo and West...

The LD Meter mounted of the cold shoe of a Leica M4-P, viewed from the behind, and above with the screen illuminated.

14 March, 2025

L.D. Meter from CHI Review – A shoe mount light meter with a useful little laser.

By James Greenoff-Cairns

First, I shall set the scene: My name is James and I can’t zone focus. It feels good to get that off my chest. I been a photographer for a while now, I take it pretty seriously ...

14 October, 2024

Keks KMQ – a new answer to the need for tiny light meter?

By Hamish Gill

The Keks KMQ has actually been reviewed on the website before, though that previous review was on the first version of this meter. The review looks at the subtly updated version...

7 October, 2024

Sekonic Twinmate L-208 – A very versatile little light meter

By Hamish Gill

This is a review of the Sekonic Twinmate L-208. A small reflective and incident reading light meter with a design and user interface that harks back to traditional light meters....

6 June, 2024

Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter Mini-Review

By Hamish Gill

Astrhori have today announced the new Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter. I have had one on test for a few weeks now, and though it is in many ways very similar to the Astrhor...

25 March, 2024

KEKS KM-Q – A Sugar Cube-Sized Light Meter Review

By AndreArma

As I began shooting film, my first lesson was in mastering the Sunny 16 rule — a technique for getting proper exposure without relying on a light meter. Over the years, I applie...

12 February, 2024

Astrhori AH-M1 Shoe Mount Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

Another light meter. This time the Astrhori AH-M1. At first glance, I thought this meter was just going to be a copy of the Doomo Meter S which I reviewed with the title “just a...

27 October, 2023

Reflx Lab Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

The Reflx Lab light meter is a very simple shoe mount light meter with an LCD screen, 3 buttons, diminutive size and a metal body. It’s also really quite inexpensive. This is go...

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Jeffery Luhn on VE Day – Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200
What a cute little camera. Not in the least bit intimidating. "Mummy, why is that man pointing a toy camera…
Jeffery Luhn on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
That's a very unique camera feature. I'm trying to imagine the conversations between engineers and marketing people about the cost…
Dustin Neikirk on Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods
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