Light Meters Archives

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...

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 “...

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. Thi...

7 September, 2023

TTArtisan Lightmeter II Review – Gradual Improvements

By Frankie Bina

Last year I reviewed the first light meter from the Chinese company TTArtisan. Even though it had some shortcomings, I kept it as a core part of my camera kit and I still consid...

2 February, 2023

Hedeco Lime Two Low Profile Shoe Mount Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve just received a pair of brand new Hedeco Lime Two light meters. As you might gather from the name, this is the second iteration of the Lime meter from the German brand, and...

9 January, 2023

Reveni Labs Incident Meter Prototype Preview

By Hamish Gill

Matt very kindly sent me a prototype Reveni Labs Incident meter to play with. It’s fair to say, this meter is not exactly conventional in terms of how it’s held or intended to b...

12 September, 2022

Keks KM02 Shoe Mount Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

Keks have recently released a new light meter, the Keks KM02. This new meter has whole load of new features compared to the previous Keks EM01 (reviewed here). It’s also smaller...

Dave Powell on A Painterly Puzzle – One-Shot Story
WOW Tony, you just made my month! The print was a gift for Kate, and I used a cheap plastic…
Dave Powell on Kodak Ektramax Fireworks and a Cool 110 Tip
Thanks Tony! There was certainly a bit more detail in the camera's photos in the film-scanning article linked above. Of…
Philip Boreham on Barnack to Barnack – my Thread Mount Leica Journey so far
An interesting insight into the world of Barnack Leica ownership. I'm dabbling with the idea of getting an M3: old,…

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