General Information

Serial #

388050

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METER: METAL AND SYNTHETIC; CASE: LEATHER; BOX: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

10.3 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

4.3 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

SEKONIC

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO MEASURE LIGHT LEVELS TO DETERMINE CAMERA SETTINGS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, BOTH STILL AND CINE.

Technical

GOOD REFLECTING LIGHT METER OF THIS PERIOD [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BACK OF METER: 'SEKONIC L-6 388050/ SEKONIC ELECTRIC CO. LTD./ Tokyo Japan U.S.A. Pat. Pending/ ZERO ADJUST/ ASA 8 10 12 16 40 50 100 200/ DIN 10 11 12 13 17 18 21 24'/ PRINTED ON FRONT: 'Sekonic'/ PRINTING ON DIAL INCLUDES: 'LIGHT VALUE/ ASA INDEX/ MOVIE FRAMES/ f STOP/ [2 SCALES]'/ STAMPED ON CASE: 'SEKONIC'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'PHOTOELECTRIC EXPOSURE METER/ SEKONIC/ Model L-VI/ sekonic/ Fair TradePriced (in States where applicable)/ THE SEIKO ELECTRIC.INS.IND. & CO., LTD/ For Reflected Light/ For Incident Light/ For Stills-For Movies/ For Regular Shutters/ For Compur Light Value Shutters/ MADE IN JAPAN'

Missing

N/A

Finish

METER: BRUSHED METAL; GLOSSY BLACK BOTTOM/ CASE: BLACK/ BOX; WHITE BACKGROUND WITH YELLOW BAND AROUND CENTRE - RED AND BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A