Review:Datacolor LightColor Meter LCM200 $400 скачать в хорошем качестве

Review:Datacolor LightColor Meter LCM200 $400

Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3XtGXSu Price as reviewed: $399 Datacolor LightColor Meter - Bluetooth-Enabled Light & Color Temperature Meter for Photo, Video, and Cinema - Continuous Real-Time Data Streaming - Portable, Compact, Drop-Resistant From the datacolor Store Note: At one point I saw the "Illuminati Instrument IM150 Light and Color Meter" listed for sale at a lower cost. From the external appearance and photos, it appears to be the same device with different branding. The datacolor LightColor Meter (LCM200) is a small battery powered device that measures the intensity and color of ambient light (displaying the sensor readings on your cell phone via an app linked via Bluetooth). It has the ability to sample "ambient" light, or to specifically sample the light produced by a flash unit. This allows you to do simple things like set your exposure correctly, but also enables you to "color match" lighting from multiple sources (a flash unit and a fill LED, or two different color controllable LEDs). It is powered by two (supplied) AAA batteries, and claims a 40 hour operating time before you need new batteries. The phone app was relatively easy to use, had multiple information display tiles and modes (for continuous monitoring, flash triggered measurements, or measurements triggered by the button on the unit or via the phone app. The unit also has a jack for a flash remote trigger, allowing you to trigger and measure a flash unit directly from the triangular sensing unit.) The sensing dome defaults to a wide angle ambient measurement mode, but if you push it down, it "latches" into a "focused beam" sensing mode, where the majority of the light it samples comes from a point directly above the dome. You push again for it to pop back into ambient measurement mode. It has a 1/4-20 mount point on the bottom, a lanard socket on the top, and a magnet on the back. The unit came with two snap-on magnetic accessories, an alligator clip, and a handheld "finger mount", or you can simply use the magnet to attach it to something metallic. There was no calibration certificate included, but given the price and company it is coming from, I fully expect it to deliver an accurate measurement (although I do not have a 2nd meter to test it against). Using the meter and app for several hours, it almost always worked perfectly (with one exception where the app froze, and I couldn't get it to re-connect to the meter until I rebooted my phone). My only major complaint with the unit is the price point. Apparently the strobe sampling and color temperature features add a lot of cost, as you can buy simple Lux / exposure meters for much less.