Kaufmann Posographe in leather case.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1923
Materials
Metal, Card, Plastic
Measurements
134 x 88 x 4 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525731.1
Summary
Kaufmann Posographe. Meter Type: Calculator. Calibration: Exterior - Shutter speed: 1/400 - 30s. Aperture: f4 - f56, 1 - 128 US. Interior - Shutter speed: 1/10 - 10m. Aperture: f3 - f56, 1 - 128 US. Attributes: Exterior settings for - Hour of day, month. Sky condition. Subject. Tone and lighting of subject. Type of emulsion. Interior settings for - Colour of floor. Colour of walls. Distance from window. Amount of sky visible in window. Type of exterior light. Type of emulsion. English text. The whole is a metal frame with seven interconnected sliding pointers around the edge of plastic coated cards. When one pointer is moved the others move due to a pantograph style connection system.
Provenance
Donated to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs P. Hayes.