Blog — iphone5

With our second prototype we looked at using both cameras front and back. The idea was to enable meteringin both directions. Some standalone light meters have a swiveling top for this purpose.   We later decided this was unnecessary and focused on the font side camera.  This should give the most ergonomic design for the photographer. 

We have made some cad Models of our prototype and are sending them off to Shapeways.   They will take our 3-d model and make a real physical prototype.    It's amazing to see a virtual model you have made in a computer just arrive in the mail.     3-d printing is awesome!

Our first try at an integration dome to use as a light meter.  I made it to fit my iPhone 4  covering the front camera ( used for facetime)  We also found a lightmeter app that can access this camera.  The first proto actually works!   The Pocket Light meter app seems to work the best. We will have to test it against a real light meter soon.

  Using a light meter as a learning tool.  After playing with my brand new D5000 for a while I wanted to try some manual settings. I took some photography classes in college so I knew the basics.  How the aperture and shutter speeds effected the exposure. I was in the dark on how to work with the automatic light meter. In auto mode the the settings are all over the place. Even the film speed was running all over the place.  This gave me the idea to go back to basics. So, I borrowed a friends light meter.  This...