Color temperature meter

-Color temperature meter - device for measuring the color temperature of a light source.
-Color toning - system of changing the color of a black and white photograph by converting black metallic silver into a colored compound.

KENKO KCM-3100 Color Temperature Meter
Gossen GO 4046 Starlite 2 Exposure Meter
Gossen Luna-pro Digital Incident or Reflective Ambient Light Meter ...

When the color temperature of a tungsten light source is unknown, you can use a color temperature meter to determine it.

Many have asked about the effectiveness of carrying around a color temperature meter to take some of the guess work out of this equation.

If your assignment does not call for the warm glow of incandescent light, get hold of a Minolta color temperature meter and/or Kodak Professional Photoguide and find the right color correction filter.

Photographers sometimes use color temperature meters. Color temperature meters are usually designed to read only two regions along the visible spectrum (red and blue); more expensive ones read three regions (red, green, and blue).

Kenko KCM-3100 Professional Digital Color Temperature Meter, Ambient or Flash Light
$1049.00
PhotoVision 14" Pocket One-Shot Digital Calibration Target with DVD, Collapsible Disc Exposure Aid for Digital Cameras ...

We'll then move on to discuss the different types of metering available: reflective, incidence, flash metering, spot metering, and color temperature metering.

may prefer this method since such terms as "flash" and "cloudy" are not defined consistently by all companies or even within all camera models made by a given manufacturer. Studio photographers used to working with a color temperature meter may also ...

See also: Color temperature, Photography, Photograph, Light, Meter