Selenium Light Meter
Chrome, glass, celluloid
factory: FED, Kharkov/USSR
factory: FED, Kharkov/USSR
year:1938
serial number: E-3828
notes:
notes:
This light meter is just 1 1/8" tall, with a diameter of 2".
It weighs just under 8 oz.
It has a selenium cell, covered with glass on one side and a curved celluloid window to view the meter.
Engraved guides for:
Film speeds of 100 to 1600 (old Х&Д - it stands for H&D, Hurter and Driffield - exposure system speeds)
Times of 8 minutes to 1/1000 second
Aperture settings of f:1.5 to f:18.
This meter has its factory original, fabric-covered, felt-lined inner box and outer box. The outer box has Cyrillic writing in pen on the inside lid, which reads: "Exposuremeter 1222/300". This light meter was bought during World War II, along with a FED camera, by American photographer, C. L. Sands, and bears his name on the top lid of the outer box. The meter reacts only slightly to strong light due to a worn out selenium cell.
Three series seem to exist with body in bakelite, aluminium or chromed brass.
In the known serial numbers below, the prefix "3" which sometimes appears seems to be an "E" in cyrillic (probably for Exposure). (info Jacques M.).
The light meter in Nathan Dayton's cased FED set has no serial number and the meter scale is hand written and colored.
#3-2311 has a clamshell type brown leather case with a snap.
Known serial numbers:
This meter has its factory original, fabric-covered, felt-lined inner box and outer box. The outer box has Cyrillic writing in pen on the inside lid, which reads: "Exposuremeter 1222/300". This light meter was bought during World War II, along with a FED camera, by American photographer, C. L. Sands, and bears his name on the top lid of the outer box. The meter reacts only slightly to strong light due to a worn out selenium cell.
Three series seem to exist with body in bakelite, aluminium or chromed brass.
In the known serial numbers below, the prefix "3" which sometimes appears seems to be an "E" in cyrillic (probably for Exposure). (info Jacques M.).
The light meter in Nathan Dayton's cased FED set has no serial number and the meter scale is hand written and colored.
#3-2311 has a clamshell type brown leather case with a snap.
Known serial numbers:
3-82_________ ebay
3-134 ________ S.Pseunok, Russia
3-454 ________ PYC
3-681 ________ Alexander K.
3-721 ________ eBay
3-750 ________ Yves Gaitanakis
3-1128 ________ web
1392 _________ Molotok _________________ without '3'
3-1533 _______ Soviet Camera store
1687 _________ Westlicht auction#29 lot#257
3-1691 ________ ebay
3-1794 ________ web
3-1976 ________ web ___________________ leather case
3-2000 _______ Alain Berry
3-2076 _______ Elmar Lang ______________ leather case
3-2311 _______ Nathan Dayton
3-2336 ________ web
2429 _________ ebay ___________________ without '3'
3-2906 _______ A.Nikitin
3-2990 ________ web
3-3077 ________ web
3-3566 ________ web
3-3602 ________ ebay
3-3735 _______ private collection
3-3828 _______ W.Parkinson
4080 _________ A.Nikitin
4190__________ Cameras Downunder (bottom link)
4523 _________ Chris Sabine
4599 _________ A.Nikitin
5420 _________ eBay (Leica Shop Vienna)
5528 _________ eBay
5607 __________ ebay
6167 _________ Alexander K.
6243 _________ Molotok
6446 _________ Jacques M.
6595 _________ Fred L.
7271 _________ David Tomlinson
7375 __________ web
7569 _________ imcphoto
7672 __________ web
7689 _________ SovietCams
7721 _________ eBay
7766 __________web
7794 _________ eBay
8097 _________ Molotok
8133 _________ eBay
9106 __________ web
9411 __________web
9905 _________ eBay
9982 _________ Fotomuda ______________ chromed brass
10470 ________ eBay
10807_________ web
10858 ________ eBay
11153 ________ Christian G. (Niko80)
11704 _________ web
11845 ________ PYC ___________________ alloy
11906 ________ eBay
11930 ________ eBay
11949 ________ eBay
12110 ________ eBay
12326 ________ web
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