Meter, exposure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELENIUM
- DATE
- 1930–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILL, PAUL
- MODEL
- ELECTRO BEWI
- LOCATION
- Munich, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- L5342
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, WITH SYNTHETIC & PAPER COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.5 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- 3.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Will
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Munich
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF METER PROBABLY USED C. MID-1930S+
- Canada
-
PRESUMABLY ACQUIRED IN EASTERN EUROPE BY DONOR'S HUSBAND DURING WW II. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE LIGHT VALUES AS IN AID IN DETERMINING CORRECT CAMERA SHUTTER SPEED AND DIAPHRAGM SETTING. - Technical
-
PHOTO-ELECTRIC SELENIUM CELL BUILT INTO METER PERMITS READING OF LIGHT LEVELS UNDER VARIETY OF CONDITIONS (IE. DAYLIGHT, ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS, ETC.), AND ELIMINATES NEED FOR CALCULATIONS, ETC.. SELENIUM CRYSTAL HAS LIFESPAN OF APPROX. 20 YEARS, AND CANNOT BE RE-CHARGED OR REPLACED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "ELECTRO/ BEWI/ STANDARD/ Made in Germany" printed on casing front; "L5342" incised on back. Various scales appear on meter face and on inside of casing. "Spezial-Notierungen fur Kino-Kameras./ Die Angaben beziehen sich auf die Sektoren-Oeffnung von 180[degrees symbol]/ Bei Verwendung von Filtern:/ 2-3 fach= 1 Lichtwert/ 4-5 fach= 2 Lichtwerte/ 6-8 fach= 3 Lichtwerte weniger einstellen als das Instrument/ anzeigt. (Filter-Angaben auch fur Photo ma[ ]gebend.) " printed above pop-up lens.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE TEXTURED FINISH ON SILVER METAL CASING; BLACK INTERIOR HAS OPAQUE VIEWING WINDOWS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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WILL, PAUL, Meter, exposure, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 2000.0066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0066.001/
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