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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRONIC
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0770.001
- MANUFACTURER
- METZ
- MODEL
- MECABLITZ 101
- LOCATION
- Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 94171
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 PLASTIC FLASH & POWER UNIT CASINGS; SYNTHETIC PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 METAL WITH SYNHETIC WIRE COVERING/.3 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 25.5 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
- METZ
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1960S
- Canada
-
GERMAN MADE FLASH UNIT PURCHASED IN MONTREAL. - Function
-
PHOTOGRAPHIC ACCESSORY USED TO PROVIDE BRIEF & BRIGHT ILLUMINATION ON SUBJECT TO ALLOW PHOTOGRAPH TO BE TAKEN UNDER POOR LIGHT CONDITIONS, OR TO FILL IN SHADOWS OR CREATE OTHER EFFECT WITH LIGHT. - Technical
-
EARLY TRANSISTORIZED FLASH USES TRANSISTORS INBOTH POWER & MONOTOR CIRCUITS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF FLASHES PER SET OF BATTERIES; SHORTER RECHARGE TIME; UNIFORM LIGHT OUTPUT. MECABLITZ 100 WAS FIRSTTRANSISTORIZED UNIT TO REACH U.S. MARKET IN 1957/58. MODEL 101 WAS BASICALLY SAME. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK PLATE ON EXTERIOR OF POWER UNIT WITH SILVER LETTERING READING "Metz/ MECABLITZ"; LABEL INSIDE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WITH METZ LOGO & READING "Type:/ MECABLITZ 101/ No 94171"; RAISED LETTERING ON EXTERIOR OF POWER UNIT READS "MADE IN W. GERMANY"/.3 BLUE LETERING ON BOX READS "MECABLITX 101/ Das Blitzgerat mit Transistoren/ METZ-FERNSEHEN-RADIO-PHOTO-FURTH-BAY./ MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 04/13/2000 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- .1 GREY CASINGS, CORD, STRAP; WHITE LAMP/.2 BLACK SYNTHETIC, METALLIC PARTS/.2 NATURAL WITH BLUE COLOURED PARTS
- Decoration
- .1 WRINKLE FINISH ON PARTS OF POWER UNIT CASING/.3 BLUE ILLUSTRATION OF BUILDING (FACTORY?); BROKEN CURVED BLUE LINE TERMINATING IN "METZ" LOGO
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METZ, Flash, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1997.0770, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0770.001/
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