Vintage Light Meter
Photo & Video
Only for iPhone
$3.99
iPhone
A precision light meter in your pocket. Point, read, shoot. Built for film photographers — and anyone who thinks in stops.
Vintage Light Meter turns your iPhone into a precision light meter — the kind photographers carried alongside their film cameras for decades.
Point your camera at the scene. Watch the needle move. Read your exposure.
HOW IT WORKS
The app reads live light data from your iPhone's camera each frame, calculates scene brightness in EV₁₀₀ using correct APEX photographic math, and gives you a recommended aperture or shutter speed — just like a real handheld meter would.
Two metering modes:
• Shutter Priority (Tv) — Set your ISO and shutter speed. Get the aperture.
• Aperture Priority (Av) — Set your ISO and aperture. Get the shutter speed.
Smoothed live readings prevent flicker, and the analog needle moves continuously across the full aperture scale — it doesn't snap between stops, it glides.
BUILT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
• Full, half, and third-stop increments for ISO, shutter speed, and aperture
• ISO 25–6400 · Shutter 30" to 1/8000 · Aperture f/0.95 to f/64
• Lock mode: freeze the EV reading to meter manually or work off a reading taken in shade
• Clean OVER / UNDER warnings when the scene is outside your chosen settings
THE DETAILS MATTER
Shutter speeds display in photographic convention (1/125) but calculate with exact power-of-two values (1/128) — so the math is always right, even when the label rounds.
Changing stop increments remaps your current selection in log space so you never lose your place.
THE AESTHETIC
Warm dark leather tones, brass accents, monospaced type, and a red swinging needle. Vintage Light Meter is designed to feel like the tool it emulates — tactile, focused, and built for one thing.
No ads. No subscriptions. No internet required.
Ratings & Reviews
Version 1.2
- Camera selection — Choose between available cameras on your device (wide, ultra-wide, telephoto, front) from Settings
- Steadier metering — Fixed an issue where the exposure readout could show inconsistent values when changing ISO or other settings in low light
The developer, Hino BANZON, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hino BANZON
- Size
- 482.3 KB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Hino Banzon
