145. Electro Bewi Photoelectric Exposure Meter, 1940s

Signed: 'ELECTRO / BEWI / MADE IN GERMANY'.

In this type of meter the light is measured in terms of the current generated when it falls on to a photoelectric cell, thus it is a micro-ammeter specially calibrated for photographic use. Photoelectric meters were first introduced in the early 1930s. The best known is the Weston Master range of exposure meters.

Length 70 mm, width 55 mm, depth 25 mm.
Inventory no. 87,104.