light meter


Origin:
1920–25

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light meter
 
n
another name for exposure meter

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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light meter

photographic auxiliary device that measures the intensity of light and indicates proper exposure (i.e., the combination of aperture and shutter speed) for film of a specific sensitivity. Modern instruments are of two basic types: the self-generating, or photovoltaic, and the variable resistance, or photoconductive

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Example sentences
Use a hand held light meter to measure the amount of light available in work
  areas.
And it's got a light meter on it so it's measuring a profile of light
  penetration as it goes down.
If one is clever, one can use the light meter in a camera to get a rough
  estimate.
It is measured using a standard light meter employed for incident light
  measurement.
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