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Lumu Power Light Meters for the iPhone In Final Production Stage

Chris Gampat
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01/25/2017
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Last Updated on 01/25/2017 by Chris Gampat

The coolest thing to happen to light meters in a long time has announced that it’s in the final stage of production. At Photokina 2016, we got to see the Lumu Power light meter adapter for the iPhone. They’ve been in production since their initial announcement and their iOS app is currently being featured in the app store.

To recap, Lumu is a company that make light meters for iOS devices. Their original was mostly just an ambient light meter. But the Lumu Power has been in production for nearly two years now, and delivers more features than just ambient light readings. It can do flash metering as well as color temperature readings. Color temperature is VERY important if you’re shooting film due to knowing and understanding how Daylight or Tungsten white balance works with the scene that you’re in.

It’s going to be fantastic for analog photographers but also just great for photographers that really want to learn more about how to work with a flash, color temperatures, ambient light exposures, etc. You may ask: why not just use a camera? Believe it or not, some of the best things about photography are taught by not using a camera and just pre-visualizing a scene. It teaches you to hone your creative vision a lot better.

Stay tuned, we’re in the process of receiving a review unit within a few weeks hopefully.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.