Meter, exposure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1608.001
- MANUFACTURER
- METRAWATT AG
- MODEL
- HORVEX 2
- LOCATION
- Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 78642
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 SYNTHETIC AND METAL WITH LEATHER CASE;.2 SYNTHETIC & METAL WITH LEATHER CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
- METRAWATT
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Nuremberg
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AVAILABLE LIGHT IN ORDER TO SET PROPER EXPOSURE SETTINGS ON A CAMERA WHEN TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH. - Technical
-
HAS AN EXTREMELY WIDE MEASURING RANGE -1/500 SEC. TO 8 SEC. BASED ON F/8 WITH A FILM RATE 25 ASA. WITH THE SUPER-SENSITIVE ELEMENT THE RANGE EXTENDS TO 45 SEC. AND IT CAN MEASURE AS LITTLE AS 1.56 LUX. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED ON BACK:'METRAWATT A. G. / NURNBERG/ MADE IN GERMANY/ 78642'/ PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: 'Horvex/ 2/ WESTON 10 DIN ASA/ [5 SCALES]'/ CASE: MOLDED: 'Horvex/ 2'/ HANDWRITTEN INSIDE: 'F.G. ASHTON/ 29 CARTIER ST/ OTTAWA'/.2 PRINTED ON BACK: 'METRAWATT A.G./ NURNBERG/ MADE IN GERMANY'/ CASE: MOLDED IN BACK: 'MADE IN GERMANY'/.3 NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 OFF-WHITE BODY WITH SHINY METAL FRONT & BACK; BLACK LETTERING/ CASE: DARK BROWN/.2 OFF-WHITE OUTER FRAME WITH SHINY METAL BACK & BLACK PRINTING; BLACK "HONEY COMB" ON FRONT/.3 SCREEN - UNFINISHED METAL WITH WHITE PANEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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METRAWATT AG, Meter, exposure, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.1608, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1608.001/
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