Meter, exposure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPARISON
- DATE
- 1893
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0469.001
- MANUFACTURER
- INFALLIBLE EXPOSURE METER CO.
- MODEL
- WYNNE'S INFALLIBLE
- LOCATION
- Wrexham, Wales
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METER BODY IS METAL (POLISHED NICKEL?) WITH A GLASS FACE. LIGHT SENSITIVE PAPER IS INSIDE THE BODY WITH PRINTED PAPER EXPOSURE CALIBRATION (TIME & F STOP).
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 2.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- INFALLIBLE
- Country
- Wales
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Wrexham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C 1893-1935
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY LIGHT METER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON THE METER (PRINTED PAPER BELOW GLASS) 'DIAPHRAGMS AND PLATE SPEED NOS. ACTINO METER TIME AND EXPOSURE IN SECONDS OR MINUTES. WYNNE'S "INFALLIBLE" EXPOSURE METER'/ FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCISED ON BACK OF CASING, IN CHART FORMAT: 'EXCEPTIONAL SUBJECTS/ NORMAL EXPOSURES/ SEA AND SKY 1/10 / DITTO WITH SHIPS 1/4 / SNOW SCENES 1/4 / WHITE STATUARY 1/4 / LIGHT FORE- GROUND 1/2 / PORTRAITS NEAR CAMERA 1 1/2 / DARK OBJECTS DITTO 2'/ .2 ON TIN LID: ‘WYNNE'S "INFALLIBLE" PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE METER AN UNERRING GUIDE TO THE CORRECT EXPOSURE REQUIRED FOR EVERY SPEED OF PLATE ON EVERY KIND OF SUBJECT AND UNDER EVERY CONDITION OF LIGHT. THE INFALLIBLE EXPOSURE METER COMPANY WREXHAM'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METER IS SILVER IN COLOUR.
- Decoration
- N/A
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INFALLIBLE EXPOSURE METER CO., Meter, exposure, circa 1893, Artifact no. 1987.0469, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0469.001/
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