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Description

GrayZone is a professional spot meter inspired by the Zone System.
Measure light exactly where you choose and get precise exposure guidance for highlights, shadows, and midtones.
Ideal for complex lighting and critical exposure situations, analogue or digital.

IMPORTANT: in order to properly work with your device, the first time the app must be calibrated by the user with the tool included.

Zone System Mode
Fast spot metering with Zone System logic.
Tap the area you want to measure and receive accurate exposure guidance for tonal placement.

GrayZone reads light where you decide — not where
your camera guesses.

Built by Max of max&douglas — professional
photographer with 25 years in editorial and
advertising photography.

Direct Exposure Control
Set ISO before metering, like a dedicated light meter.
Instant precise combinations of shutter speed
and aperture.
Exposure lock with AE LOCK.
Half-stop support for finer control.
MANUAL mode with over/underexposure scale.

Essential Interface
Live preview in your sensor's native ratio.
Shows only what you need. Nothing else.

Complete Privacy
No ads. No subscriptions. No photos saved.
No data collected or transmitted.

For manual shooters — on film or digital.
It does not replace your camera. It works alongside it.

Developer

Massimiliano Schenetti

Developer ID: 7180585203691064043

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Recent Reviews

Gordon Monk

v3.2

UPDATE - edited as the developer is investigating, there seems to be a problem with the Samsung Ultra S23 phone and I'll edit again when an answer is found - it's between 2 and 4 stops under even after recalibration with an 18% gray card. It's too inconsistent even to up the ISO to get a correct reading. I sadly can't trust this app on this phone. Datacolor Grey card and Sekonic L-308s meter in both reflected and incident modes (which matched)

Developer Response

Thanks for the feedback. A 2–4 stop error isn’t expected and is usually device-specific rather than an app issue: must be caused by the camera API or the way a specific phone reports brightness values. I’d like to investigate your S23 if you can contact me through the app. As you can see you are the first person having such unconsistent values.

Jul 21, 2026

Jul 23, 2026

Roland Berg

v3.1

To be truly useful should allow you to set your reference zone and show exposure and other zones in a relation to that. For film I want to be able to set my reference zone to zero or one and then have the exposure show me what's needed for the targeted point to be placed in that reference zone. For digital same thing but the reference zone should be 9 or 10. Reset button isn't visible when they Samsung zfold is closed. Qverall needs some work.

Developer Response

Thank you Roland for your review. This app only wants people to begin thinking as Adams did, doesn’t pretend to condense a lifetime of study. Look at it as a starting point. Changes are under construction but a single star doesn’t push confidence 🥲. Maybe you want to reconsider? 👊

Jun 20, 2026

Jun 20, 2026

Joshua Yates

v3.1

of very limited use for zone system users. it only allows you to set your measurements at zone v. Would be greatly improved to be able to select which zone you want to measure and then calculate shutter speed/aperture combinations given your set iso. In my experience, this would be closer to how Ansel used the zone system to expose for the shadows.

Developer Response

Thank you for the feedback. GrayZone currently uses the first measurement as a Zone V reference and then shows where subsequent readings fall on the tonal scale, along with their EV difference. The app is intended as a fast spot metering and tonal evaluation tool inspired by the Zone System, rather than a full Zone placement calculator. 😉

Jun 14, 2026

Jun 11, 2026

Stephen Hepworth

v3.1

I can't get over how brilliant this app is! The exposure values it gives for a particular scene under shoot are 'bob' on. It works using Ansel's Zone system, recording five zones. It then displays the exposure along with the range of the scene. For the price it's definitely an app for every serious photographer's tool bag, especially if you're into large format, film photography. It also delivers for digital photographers whereby analogue lenses are used in conjunction with a DSLR.

Developer Response

Thank you so much for this thoughtful review. It means a lot that you noticed both the precision of the readings and the Zone System workflow behind the app. Really glad it’s proving useful in real-world work.

May 25, 2026

May 19, 2026

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