General Information

Serial #

K814373

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Plastic casing; metal strap ring; fabric strap

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

4.5 cm

Height

2.8 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

Sekonic

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Early 1970s until at least 1980

Canada

This light meter was used my former SCTM curator John Corby along with a Pentacon Praktica Super TL camera (2010.0566.1). Mr. Corby purchased the camera and accessories to use at his job as curator and used them to photograph most of the photographs in the CSTM Collection. (Taken from the worksheet)

Function

Used by photographers to determine the length of exposure based on the lighting conditions.

Technical

This is a reflected-light selenium cell light meter. The selenium sensor, being photoelectric, will generate a voltage proportional to the amount of light shining on it. The current flowing will be measured by a micro-ammeter and this data will be translated into an appropriate exposure reading. It measures for shutter speeds from 8 seconds to 1/2000 seconds, f stops from f1 to f32, and exposure values 2 to 19.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the front: In the window with the indicator needle "SEKONIC"/ A dial with number values and to the proper right of those values are "T/ f"/ Next to small windows allowing number values to show through: "DIN"/ "ASA"/ "E.V."/ At the bottom of the dial: "SEKONIC AUTO-LUMI"/ On proper right side: a gold-coloured sticker with balck letters "JCII 76/ PASSED/ JMDC"/ On the back: MFR plate reads "SEKONIC/ AUTO-LUMI/ ZERO ADJUST (under a screw)/ model 86/ K 814373/ made in Japan"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Two-tone gray on the front and beige on the back

Decoration

N/A