Meter, exposure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELENIUM
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2006.0061.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Prix
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic casing / metal indicator
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.7 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.3 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
unknown provenance - Function
-
A gauge used in photography to measure the intensity of light in order to determine the necessary length of exposure needed to properly photograph a subject. - Technical
-
Created by German engineer Josef Dorn, this selenium exposure meter was said to be "unusual in that the centre of radius of a moveable sector shaped scale was located towards the opposite corner of the meter from the pivot of the printer. This provided a degree of compensation for the non-linear defection of the pointer". [Ref. 1] A similar version was distributed in the USA by Interstate Photo Supply Corp. They called it the "Record Prize" [Ref. 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- black lettering on dial on front reads 'PRIX'/ raised lettering on back reads 'MADE IN GERMANY'/ silver numbers and markings on dial/ black and red numbers and markings on indicator
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- black casing/ black dial/ green and metallic indicator
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Meter, exposure, circa 1938, Artifact no. 2006.0061, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0061.001/
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