General Information

Serial #

E63922

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CASE: LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE/ METER: METAL WITH GLASS SCALE COVER AND NYLON NECK CORD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.0 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

5.0 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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

POSSIBLY USED AT CRAWLEY FILMS IN OTTAWA FOR PRODUCTION WORL

Function

USED TO MEASURE LIGHT VALUES FOR EXPOSURE OF CINE PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A GENERAL ELECTRIC VERSION OF A LIGHT METER MEASURING IN FOOT CANDLES, LATE 1950S

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CASE: 'PIXUR CASE/ COWHIDE'/ METER: MFG'S PLATE ON BACK:'SERIAL NO. E63922/ EXPOSURE METER/ USE AMERICAN STANDARD/ EXPOSURE INDEX NUMBERS/ GENERAL GE[LOGO] ELECTRIC/ U.S. PAT. 2296670/ N.P. 135315 MADE IN U.S.A./ MODEL 8DW58Y41'/ SCALE PLATE: 'LIGHT VALUES/ (FOOT CANDLES)/ GENERAL GE[LOGO] ELECTRIC/ EXPOSURE METER/ [0 TO 70 SCALE]'/ CIRCULAR DISCS ON TOP SIDE: 'COVER/ CLOSED/ COVER OPEN/ HOOD OFF/ INCIDENT LIGHT/ EXPOS/ INDEX [0.8 TO 800]/ [SCALES 1 TO 70/ 8 TO 1/200/ 1 TO 45]/ LIGHT/ GE[LOGO]'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASE: BROWN WITH YELLOW STITCHING AND GOLD PRINTING/ METER: TEXTURED BLACK; WHITE AND SILVER PRINTING; BLACK CORD

Decoration

METER: VERTICAL RIDGES ON BOTH BACK AND FRONT