Ed Weston's meter

[Christopher Nisperos]

Under the heading of photo trivia, here's a fun historical coincidence of the type, "Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln (a Ford product), and Lincoln was shot at Ford Theatre":

The inventor of the Weston meter was indeed a gentleman named ... Edward Weston! ....and he attended Adams school!

If you know all this already, sorry for my "gee whiz" enthusiasm. On the other hand, if you'd like to fill your brain with more interesting and historical tidbits
on the other Edward Weston (very inventive guy).. go here:

http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/weston.htm

Best,

Christopher

PS- surely, Edward Weston must have used or touched a light meter made by his name-twin. I wonder if they ever met .. Anybody know?

 

[Markok765]

here look at the diffrent meters.
http://www.westonmeter.org.uk/

 

[Christopher Nisperos]

here look at the diffrent meters.
http://www.westonmeter.org.uk/

... and here are a few other sites of interest:

http://www.megatron.co.uk/homepage.html
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http://www.johndesq.com/westonmaster/


.. and from the photo.net archives, a good little thread about the "meter mavens", Quality Light and Metric, in Hollywood. They used to do updtaes on Weston meters. Probably still do. George Milton, the owner, is a gem:

http://www.photo.net/neighbor/view-one?neighbor_to_neighbor_id=2581

Best,

Christopher

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