Speaking of old farts and old stuff, I have a slide projector from the
1930's. It might be the first one ever made. It has no fan and gets really
hot. /jmac
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:58 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: (OT) Hand held meters
I bet I win first prize in the old-and-still-working meter contest. I have
a Weston Master Model 715, complete with original box and instruction
manual. This predates all those Westons of the Roman numeral sort. The
manual has a copyright date of 1939, and a pamphlet included with the meter
gives emulsion ratings for all the various film types available at the time,
such as Gevaert Panchromosa, Agfa F. G. Plenahrome, Perutz Peromnia,
Dufaycolor Mazda (ASA 2 -- try hand-holding that on a cloudy day), Defender
X. F. Pan Press, Eastman Polychrome, and lots of others you never heard of.
No batteries required, and it still works. I've checked it against my
Sekonic, and it's absolutely accurate. I think I paid less than $10 for it
three or four years ago when I picked it up just as a curioisity. It's the
only piece of gear I have that's older than I am and that still works.
Walt
>
> The Sekonic multi-meters are marvels of functionality. I'd get one if I
didn't
> already have a Gossen Luna-Star F2 and an old Minolta Spotmeter M.
--SNIP-- (a Skip Snip)
>
> Skip
>
The olympus mailinglist olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: mailto:olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
To contact the list admins: mailto:olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx?subject="Olympus
List Problem"
The olympus mailinglist olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: mailto:olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
To contact the list admins: mailto:olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx?subject="Olympus
List Problem"
|