Bewi Precision Exposure Meter
Bewi
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1935
Materials
Metal, Glass, Plastic
Measurements
40 mm (Width) x 28 mm (Depth); 116 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525000.1
Summary
Bewi Precision Exposure Meter, This is a metal tube with a plastic eyepiece at one end and a very small object lens at the other. The exposure meter is set to the individual and the sensitivity. As it is an extinction meter it should be set to the darkest where the view can only just be seen. The camera settings are then taken by rotating the barrel and reading off the exposure settings from the barrel of the meter. Full instructions are included.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Bewi, manufacturer