GEC Photoelectric Light meter
The General Electric Company Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1946
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
0 mm (Width) x 34 mm (Depth); 68 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525006.1
Summary
GEC Photoelectric Light meter The Light meter is a metal circular instrument with the thin brass ring dividing the two halves. This ring has a hole allowing the leather lace of the case to be threaded through. The back has a punched hexagonal pattern. At the front is window with a scale showing the amount of light. This scale reads from 0 - 13. A thin black needle points to the light level. In this window below the light scale are the words "GEC, Made in England" and the number "345392f1" . On the upper half of the side are two dials with Light scale: 0 - 13. Setting for semi-permanently increasing or decreasing exposure by a half or one stop. and Emulsion speed Sch with the numbers 38,3532,29,26,23,20,17,14. On the lower half of the side are another two dials with exposure time: 1/2000 - 2m. and Aperture: f1 - f32 In use the light reading is made, the value indicated by the meter needle is set on the rim of the meter against the film speed. The shutter speed and aperture pairs can then be read. Distributed by Johnsons of Hendon.
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
The General Electric Company Ltd, manufacturer