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Lightmeter 1.2.0 is the biggest update since launch. The LM-35 AF A disposable camera, as a third mode beside the meter and the film camera. Load a roll of 12, 24 or 36 frames and shoot it blind: no preview, no thumbnails, a fixed 35mm lens and a frame counter under a red index. When the roll is done, it goes to the lab. An hour later the prints land in Photos, each with its own small accidents: an exposure wobble, flash falloff, soft corners, the odd light leak and, if you want it, the orange date stamp. The body comes in black or yellow. A Lock Screen countdown, a lab widget and a notification say when a roll is back. Every look, rebuilt Every film look now prints through a new engine developed out of a neutral RAW negative, the way a lab prints a scan. Each look keeps its character, with cleaner color and highlights that roll off like film. Grain and halation are now sized to the frame. Faster at the shutter A tap made while a frame is still exposing is held and taken, not dropped. RAW now works at every focal length and on the front camera. Plus members can capture at 24 MP on supported iPhones. Fixes Opening a photo from the gallery no longer freezes on iOS 18. If a RAW frame can't be developed, its negative is still saved to Photos. The gallery splits into All Photos and LM-35 Labs. A few retired beta looks now open as their nearest successor, so older frames still restyle.
A real light meter when you carry film. A film camera when you don't. And now, a disposable. The looks are built out of true RAW capture — grain, halation, and color that behave the way film behaves, rather than a filter sitting on top of a flat phone photo. Every look prints through the same engine, from a neutral negative, the way a lab prints a scan. The difference shows. The LM-35 AF A disposable camera, as a third mode beside the meter and the film camera. A roll of 12, 24, or 36 frames goes in, and it shoots blind: no preview, no thumbnails, a fixed 35mm lens, and a frame counter under a red index. A finished roll goes to the lab, and an hour later the prints land in Photos, each with its own accidents — an exposure wobble, flash falloff, soft corners, the odd light leak, and the orange date stamp if you want it. The body comes in black or yellow. A Lock Screen countdown, a lab widget, and a notification say when a roll is back. A shelf of stocks Color negative, slide, and black and white, each tuned to its own tonality, contrast, and grain. A few are ours alone. Stocks swap from the viewfinder in a tap, favorites stay marked, and the shelf filters down to color or mono. Focal lengths that mean something 24, 35, and 48mm on any iPhone. 85mm and your phone's true telephoto on Pro. The row clicks as it slides. In the hand The shutter fires from the volume buttons or Camera Control, and a tap made while a frame is still exposing is taken, not dropped. RAW works at every focal length and on the front camera. A darkroom, not a filter stack Frames save to Photos with film, aperture, shutter, ISO, and focal length attached. Any frame reopens later onto a different stock, or gets cropped, straightened, inspected, or deleted — from the Lightmeter gallery or from Photos itself. Edits land in place, no duplicates, and the original is always one tap back. Several frames can be handled at once. Developed rolls sit in the gallery as a stack that spreads out. On your Home Screen Widgets carry the loaded film to the Home and Lock Screen. With Plus, one shows your latest frame, another opens the camera in a single tap, and one counts down the roll at the lab. The meter In meter mode Lightmeter reads reflected light for the camera already around your neck — ISO, spot readings, and clean shutter and aperture pairs. Lightmeter Plus The camera and the meter are free. Plus adds the LM-35 AF, the full film-look library, RAW capture where the device supports it with a 24 MP option on supported iPhones, darkroom borders, the camera, shutter, and lab widgets, and alternate app icons. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Eligible new subscribers get seven days free; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Nothing you shoot leaves the phone No account, no cloud, no upload, no ads, no tracking. Your photos, camera feed, and location stay on your iPhone. Apple and RevenueCat process limited purchase information only to run Lightmeter Plus. New stocks and new features land often. Terms of Use: https://shotonlightmeter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://shotonlightmeter.com/privacy