- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1305 a-e
- Description
- a) open face pocket watch shaped meter with a metallic body and two dials showing through the cover glass; milled edge rings that revolve for exposure adjustment; small orange glass disc mounted on top of the cover glass to protect the sensitive paper segment; label at the centre of the instrument’…
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- Title
- Exposure Meter
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; paper; plastic
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- a) open face pocket watch shaped meter with a metallic body and two dials showing through the cover glass; milled edge rings that revolve for exposure adjustment; small orange glass disc mounted on top of the cover glass to protect the sensitive paper segment; label at the centre of the instrument’s face, in black print against a white background: “Wynne’s “Infallible” Exposure Meter”; smallest concentric dial is labelled: “ACTINOMETER / TIME AND EXPOSURE IN SECONDS OR MINUTES.”; the calibration ranges from 1/128 to 64; the largest concentric dial is labelled: “DIAPHRAGMS AND PLATE SPEED NOS” and its calibration ranges from F4 to F362; on the back, “EXCEPTIONAL SUBJECTS” exposures are engraved: “SEA AND SKY 1/10 / DITTO WITH SHIPS 1/4 / SNOW SCENES 1/4 / WHITE STATUARY 1/4 / LIGHT FOREGROUND 1/2 / PORTRAITS NEAR CAMERA 1 1/2 / DARK OBJECTS DITTO 2”; a curly bracket on the list right side is labelled vertically: “NORMAL EXPOSURE”b) original rectangular golden tin case with red print label on lid: “WYNNE’S “INFALLIBLE” / PHOTOGRAPHIC / EXPOSURE METER /AN UNERRING GUIDE TO / THE CORRECT EXPOSURE REQUIRED FOR EVERY SPEED OF PLATE, ON EVERY KIND OF SUBJECT, AND UNDER EVERY CONDITION OF LIGHT / THE “INFALLIBLE” / EXPOSURE METER COMPANY, / WREXHAM.”; tiny hole pierced in the viewer’s right hand side with a golden metallic piece of wire poking through, held in place by loops formed at each endc) 32-pages long instruction manual with green cover; text on front cover in black print placed inside a wiggly rectangular frame: “The true progress of Invention is towards simplicity.” / What the watch is to find the correct time of day, / The “Infallible” Exposure Meter is to find the correct time of exposure. / You set the scale, it does the rest. / WYNNE’S “Infallible” / Photographic Exposure Meter / IS AN UNERRING GUIDE TO / The correct exposure required for every speed of plate on every kind of subject, and under every condition of light. / The “Infallible” / Exposure Meter Company, Wrexham.”; sections include the “four conditions which govern exposure”: “ 1- The intensity of the light which illuminates the subject. / 2- The Diaphragm or Stop employed. / 3- The character of the subject to be photographed. / 4- The sensitiveness of the plate used.” followed by: “TO CALCULATE THE CORRECT EXPOSURE / PHOTOGRAPHING EXCEPTIONAL SUBJECTS / PLATE SPEED NUMBERS / INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS / INTERIORS / ENLARGEMENTS / SIMPLICITY OF INSTRUMENT / DIRECTIONS AS TO USE OF METER”d) square red paper envelope; text in black print on front: “Rapid Deadmatch Paper” underlined, followed by description: “New and Perfected Sensitive Paper for Wynne’s Infallible Exposure Meter. / Price 6d Per Packet. / Open only in a Weak or Artificial Light. / Remove contents and put in bottom of Meter Case. / THE INFALLIBLE EXPOSURE METER CO., / Wrexham.”; contains 4 circles of sensitive papere) yellowed car leaflet folded in three; text on front: “May, 1913. / Latest List of SPEED PLATES” with drawn illustration of the exposure meter followed by list of plate brand and their corresponding F-stop
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1305 a-e
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