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