I got one too. The description in the video is correct. It will give satisfactory results for a hobbyist to see if his old cameras are somewhat accurate.
Yeah, got myself a PhotoPlug and the app just to take some measurings, the disappointing part is that their app leads to belive it will measure up to 1/4000, but not really. Frankly they should give a good update on the app, or at least make it open source for those who'd like to contribute to such project. Say if you got an old camera and want to find out the ballpark to where the shutter speed is after all the years, it's a rare option. Lastly, instead of having to attach a light sensor, it would've been nice it the app could use the phone's camera instead or as an option.
I tried that app. and I couldn't get on with it, so I decided to put a film in a camera that I knew worked and fired off a shot of a Kodak grey card and grey scale. Removed the film and loaded into the camera that I wanted to test, wound the film past the previous shot then fired of test shots of same grey card and grey scale at all shutter speeds with corresponding apertures. The comparison of grey scale patches to the first shot will indicate any degree of error in 1/3 stops - after development of the film. Under my enlarger I used an enlarging meter with 1/100 stop sensitivity to measure densities. I'm thinking of using my Canon 5Diis' sensor to do similar for my Hasselblad lenses using lightroom to compare densities.
Just got mine in the mail. Still struggling to get an actual reading instead of a line that looks like a square waveform going wild. Thinking mine might be broken
I got one too. The description in the video is correct. It will give satisfactory results for a hobbyist to see if his old cameras are somewhat accurate.
Yeah, got myself a PhotoPlug and the app just to take some measurings, the disappointing part is that their app leads to belive it will measure up to 1/4000, but not really.
Frankly they should give a good update on the app, or at least make it open source for those who'd like to contribute to such project.
Say if you got an old camera and want to find out the ballpark to where the shutter speed is after all the years, it's a rare option.
Lastly, instead of having to attach a light sensor, it would've been nice it the app could use the phone's camera instead or as an option.
I agree. If the app would use the camera phone would be great.
I tried that app. and I couldn't get on with it, so I decided to put a film in a camera that I knew worked and fired off a shot of a Kodak grey card and grey scale. Removed the film and loaded into the camera that I wanted to test, wound the film past the previous shot then fired of test shots of same grey card and grey scale at all shutter speeds with corresponding apertures. The comparison of grey scale patches to the first shot will indicate any degree of error in 1/3 stops - after development of the film. Under my enlarger I used an enlarging meter with 1/100 stop sensitivity to measure densities. I'm thinking of using my Canon 5Diis' sensor to do similar for my Hasselblad lenses using lightroom to compare densities.
That’s an excellent idea. A lot of work, but worth the effort. Thanks for sharing.
Just got mine in the mail. Still struggling to get an actual reading instead of a line that looks like a square waveform going wild. Thinking mine might be broken
I hope you figure it out! Good luck!
That app sounds uselessly arcane. Just show me how long the shutter was open. That's all I need to know.