Precision Exposure is Just a LightColor Meter Away!
Download the app for your new Datacolor LightColor Meter, view the Quick Start guide, plus find helpful links to the User Guide and customer support.
Feature Highlights
- Measures light, color temperature and DUV for greater accuracy
- Wireless functionality provides efficient, hands-free agility
- Meters all types of lighting, including continuous and flash/strobe
- Device measures multiple light sources when the dome is raised or a single light source when the dome is pressed down
- Includes Gel Filter Libraries from Profoto®, LEE® and Rosco®
- Seamlessly synchronize multiple LightColor Meters for larger areas/green screens
Quick Start Guide
- Download and install the app
- Install batteries, connect meter, position, and take reading
- View light & color temperature reading
- Adjust exposure & scene lighting
Tips
- The LightColor Meter is best used placed near your subject to measure the light.
- If you are photographing a person, place the dome of the meter facing away from their face to measure the light.
- How to position: Use hole for lanyard attachment, ¼” 20 for tripod mounting, rare earth magnet for mounting to a metal surface or included accessories (alligator clip/multi-mount).
- The dome on the LightColor Meter has two positions, up and down:
- Use the dome in the up position to take a measurement from a wider angle/multiple light sources.
- Press the dome down to take a measurement from a narrower angle/single light source.
Additional Resources
Use Cases
Use it for Photography:
- Studio Shoots with Mixed Lighting
- Outdoor Portraits
- Event Photography in Varied Lighting
- Product Photography for Accurate Color Representation
- Landscape Photography
- Product Photography with Controlled Highlights
- Portrait Photography with Rim Lighting
Use it for Videography:
- Shooting in Mixed Lighting Conditions
- Interview Set-Ups
- Dramatic Lighting for Narrative Filmmaking
- Event Videography
- Green Screen Chroma Keying
- Cinematic Lighting for Interviews
- “Run-and-Gun” Documentary Filmmaking
- Documentary Filmmaking in Varied Lighting Conditions