For Sale Vintage Sears "filmsaver" light exposure meter, $10 + ship USA

keithostertag · Feb 10, 2022

Vintage Sears light exposure meter, $10 + ship USA

The unit itself still responds to light. The box is missing part of its top.

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Thanks,
Keith

Donald Qualls · Feb 10, 2022

Wow, that's as simple as a light meter will get, isn't it?

keithostertag · Feb 10, 2022

Yea, I have no idea how it is made, what tech it uses. Weighs almost nothing!

Donald Qualls · Feb 10, 2022

Selenium cell, simple D'Arsonval meter with calibrated resistance, and the printed scale. Likely adjustable (to calibrate) only before closing the housing. "Sears color film is ASA 25" -- that's Kodachrome from the 1950s. And it's for fixed-exposure cameras, or it would have speed/aperture scales. Likely sold with (or on the same catalog page, with "recommended for") one of the simple "family snapshot" cameras they pushed from around 1955 until 1970.

keithostertag · Mar 4, 2022

Still available for sale!

AgX · Mar 4, 2022

The most intriguing meter I have seen.
It is based both on the speed point and latitude of films. But... it does not designate the apt camera models, not even vaguely.
Basically a meter to say when better not to release a box camera, which themselves are based on film latitude.

markjwyatt · Mar 4, 2022

It is a sophisticated GO / NO-GO Gauge for light based on ASA and typical camera configuration (i.e., shutter speed and aperture + as AgX says film latitude).

keithostertag · May 20, 2022

Well... no one is interested in this, so I have decided to keep it. Thanks for all your comments!

For Sale Vintage Sears "filmsaver" light exposure meter, $10 + ship USA

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