Photon: a Raspberry Pi-powered DIY light meter

The Raspberry Pi is an affordable Linux-based computer that can enable a wide range of DIY projects, including many aimed at photographers. Just recently, we’ve seen creative builders and engineers create a 3D-printed interchangeable lens camera, an IR camera for card tricks, retro-styled DIY camera and a camera that can identify subjects, all powered by Raspberry Pi. A new project, Photon, isn’t a Pi-powered camera, but instead a light meter, designed to help photographers capture better images, rather than record photos itself.

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