[rollei_list] Re: Old Light Meters
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 11:36:02 -0400
The ones I have depended on since my beginnings in photography are a selenium
cell GE PR-1, bought used in 1954; a Sekonic Studio iteration of my original
Norwood Director; a Gossen Luna Pro converted from mercury to silver oxide
batteries; and a Gossen Digisix. All are functional, accurate, and I have used
them successfully for decades.
Allen Zak
On May 13, 2013, at 7:11 AM, "Leitz, Robert" <Robert.Leitz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I only have two oldies, but they still work fine. One is a GE Golden Crown
> PR-3; the other is a Kalimar Model A-1 Exposure Meter (for which I paid $8.95
> in 1956 at Maison Blanche Department Store on Canal Street in New Orleans--my
> first serious camera equipment purchase; I used it with my uncle's Argus
> Model A). Those were the wonderfully simple days of photography. I still
> have the box and instruction book for the Kalimar in case anyone would like a
> copy.
>
> Robert C. Leitz, III
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> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Dave Wyman
> Sent: Mon 5/13/2013 12:45 AM
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> Subject: [rollei_list] Old Light Meters
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> Well, I might as well jump in with what I have. That includes, I believe a
> Weston II and and Weston IV. My mom kept the little instruction booklet for
> the latter model. After she died and I went through her possessions, I came
> across a very nice, handwritten letter from the Weston Corporation, answering
> a question of hers about the meter.
>
> I also have her old Luna Pro and and a new model I purchased, as well as a
> Pentax spot meter.
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