General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METER: PLASTIC CASE; METAL METAL SCALES AND HARDWARE; GLASS WINDOW/ CASE: LEATHER; BRASS CASE FOR PHOTO CELL AND GLASS WINDOW

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

7.8 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

2.0 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

Zeiss

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Stuttgart

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE PROBABLY USED IN TH 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGARPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO MEASURE LIGHT INSTENSITY AND TO INDICATE THIS IS TERMS OF EXPOSURE SETTINGS FOR A CAMERA.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METER: PRINTING ON SCALES INCLUDE: 'IKOPHOT/ ZEISS/ IKON/ DIN ASA/ [3 SCALES]/ CINE'/ MOLDED IN BACK: '1329C/ Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart/ Germany/ Sch [with scale below]/ DIN [with scale below]'/ CASE: PRINTED ON LID TOP:'ZEISS/ IKON/ IKOPHOT'/ PRINTED ON LID INSIDE: 'ZEISS/ IKON/ STUTTGART/ Germany'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

METER: WHITE CASE; MATTE GOLD AND SCARLET SCALES; SHINY BRASS HARDWARE/ CASE: BROWN LEATHER WITH GOLD PRINTING; PHOTO CELL IN BRASS HOLDER AND CASE

Decoration

N/A