Using your phone as lux meter?

[jzmtl]

I searched the forum but didn't see anything. But many of today's phone comes with a light sensor which gives pretty good lux readings. Has anyone tried theirs with flashlight to estimating lumens?

 

[Sammy_boy]

I did try one of those apps on my Galaxy S2, bit it only seemed to measure 100, 1,000 & 10,000 lux! Think it depends on the phone model and what sensor it uses.

Sent from my GT-I5800 using Tapatalk

 

[pounder]

I use lightbox for my iphone 4..free app that works pretty well..

 

[jzmtl]

I did try one of those apps on my Galaxy S2, bit it only seemed to measure 100, 1,000 & 10,000 lux! Think it depends on the phone model and what sensor it uses.

Sent from my GT-I5800 using Tapatalk

Its what I have too, but you can use the built in function that gives much better reading. Type *#0*# on your keypad.

Sent from a Galaxy S2 far far away

 

[Sammy_boy]

That's much better, a rather handy test mode and light meter in there, thanks :cheers: