A Wynne's Infallible Hunter Exposure Meter
Wynne
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1926
Materials
Chrome, Plastic
Measurements
50 x 110 x 10 mm
Place of origin
Wrexham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525061.1
Summary
A Wynne's Infallible Hunter Exposure Meter of the actinometer type. The unit is chrome rather like a pocket watch in appearance. A flap opens to allow an exposure onto sensitised paper for a measured period and a rotating calculator translated this into a requred aperture and shutter speed. Speeds range 1/1000 sec to 64 seconds. Apertures range f3.5 to f156. Corrections are applied for different subject types.
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
Wynne, manufacturer