[rollei_list] Re: Weston Master III Checked AgainstMinolta IIIF
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 16:58:35 -0700
Don,
Nah! Your GE meter is not a PR-1 It is the original type if it
has a snap off hood with a hinged slotted flap. GE had their
own film speed ratings of which I know nowt about.
Jerry
Don Williams wrote:
> At 03:10 PM 5/2/2005, you wrote:
> >Hm. For about the same period of time I met quite a few. Press
> >photogs usually had them in their Speed Graphic kits, although it could
> >have been anything because meters were seldom used. Most of the
> >landscapers, especially the zonies, toted them, and the "art"
> >photographers would sooner go forth without their pants than their
> >custom dial Westons. The ubiquity of Westons, at least into the
> >mid-1970s, persuaded me to buy a Master V, which I used for several
> >years. In my opinion it was an okay meter, but when it gave out I
> >didn't replace it. OTOH, I continued to use a Sekonic Studio and a
> >Luna Pro, my exposure security blankets from almost the start. My
> >actual first meter was a 1954 GE PR1, which I still own and remains
> >accurate.
> >
> >Allen Zak
> Interesting. I have a GE Model 8DW58Y4 which could be a PR1 but I'm not
> sure. It has a removable hood which makes it an incident light
> meter. With the hood on, the front flap, which has slots in it, can be
> opened to give two reflected light settings for the circular calculator on
> top of the hood. In incident mode the calibration is in Foot
> Candles. With the hood on, the meter is calibrated for use with the
> "American Standard Speed Number". In any case that was the only meter I
> had for many years and it seems to be as accurate as any I have acquired
> since then.
>
> DAW
>
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
>
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