A Dorn Neustadt Perfect Exposure Meter
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1940
Materials
Plastic, Metal, Glass, Leather
Measurements
80 x 58 x 25 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525013
Summary
A Dorn Neustadt Perfect Exposure Meter. The unit is plastic with a metal rotating scale. It works with a photocell giving a light reading which is translated into an exposure setting using the rotating calculator. Shutter timings range 15-1/1000sec and apertures f1.4-45. There is also a cine readout. The body is attached by a screw into its leather ever ready case. The case has a red fabric lining and a stud fastener. The front lid has 'PERFECT' in gold. The rear of the body is marked 'Dorn Neustadt/W Made in Germany'
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