Portra 400
Wide latitude. Skin tones win the day.
Calibrate once with Sunny 16. Every reading after is correct to within a third of a stop. No subscription. No login. Works offline.
Every iPhone's light sensor drifts. Two phones one metre apart can read a third of a stop differently. That's enough to push a Velvia frame from punchy to muddy, or undercook a Tri-X portrait by a paper grade.
Every general-purpose meter app ships generic curves that ignore the chip in your hand. Some charge you monthly to do it badly. Most demand a login. None of them know your camera body, your film, or where in the city the sun is.
stop. fixes the calibration once, on your device, and never asks you to think about it again.
Tap one Sunny 16 reference scene. stop. learns your phone's exposure offset and bakes it into every reading after. Pick a stock, Portra or Tri-X or Velvia or Cinestill, and the meter biases for that film's latitude.
Wide latitude. Skin tones win the day.
Punchy mids. Forgiving over-exposure.
Saturated. Punishes a third of a stop.
Halation glow. Best for night.
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Pay once · yours forever
No login. No subscription. The whole meter loads once and lives in your pocket forever.