When I first saw this app I immediately discounted it as a gimmick. “That couldn’t possibly work,” I said. But I have been wrong before.
Then I tried it. What you get is a spot meter, which means that you get your reading by pointing your iPhone camera at the spot that you want to meter. The operation could not be any simpler. In this test I convinced my son, Cody, to be the model. I assured him that I just needed to meter his face to see if the meter is accurate. No photos were to be taken. (Okay, so I’ve been wrong before and I also sometimes lie.)
The reading on the Sekonic meter was 1/4 sec.
I asked Cody to sit next to the Christmas tree with one side of his face illuminated by the lights from the tree. Since the light was pretty low I set the ISO at 1600 and the aperture at f5.6. I wanted the meter to tell me what shutter speed to use. I first used the spot meter function on the Sekonic meter, which told me to shoot at ¼ second. Read More→
A college administrator by profession, Mike Kennamer enjoys the opportunity to take photos and improve his skills by shooting events at work, church, and for friends. He enjoys landscape photography, portraiture and is starting to dabble in HDR. His current photography project involves learning to control flash manually. “My goal”, according to Kennamer, “is to be the best photographer I can be.”
Kennamer is also the President of Kennamer Media Group, Inc., a provider of traditional and online media, specializing in the healthcare industry. On CurrentPhotographer.com he writes about iPhone and iPad applications for photographers.
Sept 1, 2010 – PRESS SUMMARY – Apple® announced the new iPod touch®, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s stunning Retina™ display, FaceTime® video calling, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 chip, 3-axis gyro, iOS 4.1 and Game Center—all combined in the thinnest and lightest iPod touch ever. The new iPod touch features up to 40 hours of music playback and seven hours of video playback on a single battery charge.*
“We’ve put our most advanced technology inside the new iPod touch,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Whether you’re listening to music, playing games, making FaceTime video calls, browsing the web, capturing HD video or watching TV shows and movies, the new iPod touch with its Retina display, A4 chip and 3-axis gyro is more fun than ever.”
June 29, 2010 – On Monday June 7, 2010, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs gave the Keynote address at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) and as expected the new 