I have made mistakes too often when using a similar lightmeter. I think reflected light is quite difficult to read even for more complex devices. I ended up buying a Seconic L408. A more bulky but accurate device that paid for itself very quickly (because it allowed fewer mistakes to be made when shooting in medium format)
Afaik, all these new small lightmeters use the same diode so the only difference is calibration and user interface between models. Also, envy you guys for having a calibrated light source :D I would pay money to test my gossen lunasix f. Offtopic, that church brings back memories. Used to sneak in that gateway for smoke between classes.
We've noticed quite big differences in how some of them handle light, especially extreme highs and lows, to the point that I would doubt they all use the same actual sensor. F. ex the TTArtisan meter we have for sale can't handle 6 EV or 15 EV as well as the Doomo. We've also noticed a lot of copy variance with some light meters, meaning one won't perform the same as another. We haven't noticed this with the Doomo very much. Pretty surprising! - Connor
@@KamerastoreI would suspect that it is calibration issue. If the diode is same in the lightmeters but the actual processors are different they might have more limited calibration options in the factory.
Good indoors and outdoors review. Sadly you presented the two versions but then only tested the two dial version and not the Doomo S version. Are we to presume they would both work exactly the same ? Perhaps you did test the S version and not put it into the show for time purposes ?
The Meter S and Meter D use the exact same sensor, so you can expect identical metering accuracy. We should have clarified that in the video, my mistake. (-: Thanks for watching! - Connor
Thanks for replying. I think that was my point that …expecting it to be the same … is different to actual results showing it to be the same. As an owner of the Doomo S, it would have been great to have confirmation using the indoor equipment that your chief technician has.
A caveat about the S; version. The button pushes on a set of press-fit pieces inside the meter. Those pieces were easily dislodged on my version. They are extremely difficult to put back in place, but without them being perfectly installed, the light meter is totally non-functional.
There's also the AstrHori Lightmeter with a similar build as the meter S, which i've been using for some time too, but it only goes until f/32 :( Do you have any recommendations for spot light meters?
You've accomplished the rare feat of sharing a light meter I haven't seen before! It looks JUST like the Doomo Meter S. I know the S goes to pretty crazy numbers for both shutter speed and aperture, so I doubt they're the same meter. Spot meters are hard because very few new companies are making them. I'd probably go for something from Sekonic, they have some models that can be either spot or incident meters that are pretty versatile. Not cheap, but versatile. There's also the Reveni one, although I'm personally not a fan of the 3D printed texture of their products. It seems to be a pretty good functional meter, though. Thanks for watching! - Connor
@@Kamerastore Thank you for the reply, will definitely check these spotmeters out! AliExpress also has a bunch of other small light meters available with the same size, maybe you can find some more to test out (it's also where I bought the AstrHori one). I also started to built my own incidence light meter, which will fix the issues I had with the AstrHori (such as more exposure times and f-stops, as well as adding filter factors and reciprocity, so I don't have to do the math myself :D ) and some other features I miss for analog photography in comparison to digital (like with my 6D), such as another small camera and GPS tracking, and recording the settings to keep track of what was photographed and where
I have made mistakes too often when using a similar lightmeter. I think reflected light is quite difficult to read even for more complex devices. I ended up buying a Seconic L408. A more bulky but accurate device that paid for itself very quickly (because it allowed fewer mistakes to be made when shooting in medium format)
Afaik, all these new small lightmeters use the same diode so the only difference is calibration and user interface between models. Also, envy you guys for having a calibrated light source :D I would pay money to test my gossen lunasix f. Offtopic, that church brings back memories. Used to sneak in that gateway for smoke between classes.
We've noticed quite big differences in how some of them handle light, especially extreme highs and lows, to the point that I would doubt they all use the same actual sensor. F. ex the TTArtisan meter we have for sale can't handle 6 EV or 15 EV as well as the Doomo. We've also noticed a lot of copy variance with some light meters, meaning one won't perform the same as another. We haven't noticed this with the Doomo very much. Pretty surprising!
- Connor
@@KamerastoreI would suspect that it is calibration issue. If the diode is same in the lightmeters but the actual processors are different they might have more limited calibration options in the factory.
Good indoors and outdoors review. Sadly you presented the two versions but then only tested the two dial version and not the Doomo S version. Are we to presume they would both work exactly the same ? Perhaps you did test the S version and not put it into the show for time purposes ?
The Meter S and Meter D use the exact same sensor, so you can expect identical metering accuracy. We should have clarified that in the video, my mistake. (-: Thanks for watching!
- Connor
Thanks for replying. I think that was my point that …expecting it to be the same … is different to actual results showing it to be the same. As an owner of the Doomo S, it would have been great to have confirmation using the indoor equipment that your chief technician has.
A caveat about the S; version. The button pushes on a set of press-fit pieces inside the meter. Those pieces were easily dislodged on my version. They are extremely difficult to put back in place, but without them being perfectly installed, the light meter is totally non-functional.
There's also the AstrHori Lightmeter with a similar build as the meter S, which i've been using for some time too, but it only goes until f/32 :(
Do you have any recommendations for spot light meters?
You've accomplished the rare feat of sharing a light meter I haven't seen before! It looks JUST like the Doomo Meter S. I know the S goes to pretty crazy numbers for both shutter speed and aperture, so I doubt they're the same meter.
Spot meters are hard because very few new companies are making them. I'd probably go for something from Sekonic, they have some models that can be either spot or incident meters that are pretty versatile. Not cheap, but versatile. There's also the Reveni one, although I'm personally not a fan of the 3D printed texture of their products. It seems to be a pretty good functional meter, though.
Thanks for watching!
- Connor
@@Kamerastore Thank you for the reply, will definitely check these spotmeters out! AliExpress also has a bunch of other small light meters available with the same size, maybe you can find some more to test out (it's also where I bought the AstrHori one).
I also started to built my own incidence light meter, which will fix the issues I had with the AstrHori (such as more exposure times and f-stops, as well as adding filter factors and reciprocity, so I don't have to do the math myself :D ) and some other features I miss for analog photography in comparison to digital (like with my 6D), such as another small camera and GPS tracking, and recording the settings to keep track of what was photographed and where
ttartisans version and astrhori versions also tested ? would be a nice comparison ;)
I used the oled astrhori - it lasted a month before the rear button failed. Returned it to Amazon, probably in an e-waste dump already.