{"id":141,"date":"2016-07-08T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:57:58","slug":"collecting-camera-accessories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/collecting-camera-accessories\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera accessories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collecting Camera Accessories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beside the actual cameras themselves there are many accessories that are collectable. There are darkroom accessories (enlargers, tanks), slide projectors etc. &nbsp;However, the easiest to collect, on account of size, are camera accessories such as light-meters and rangefinders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voigtlander Telemetre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: circa 1956<br>Country of origin: Germany<br>I seem to have acquired two of these rangefinders &#8211; both in feet.<br>They fit nicely in to the flash shoe on viewfinder cameras, giving an instant rangefinder capability.<br>One of them is marked with its price &#8211; \u00a32-18-0 &#8211; although I don&#8217;t know if this was the price new or second-hand at a later (but pre-1971) date.<br>Both examples still work fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VoigtlanderTelemetre.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VoigtlanderTelemetre.jpg\" alt=\"Voigtlander Telemetre\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VoigtlanderTelemetre.jpg 800w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voigtlander Telemetre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-2.jpg\" alt=\"VoigtlanderTelemetre\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-2-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VoigtlanderTelemetre-2-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VoigtlanderTelemetre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weston Master III<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: circa 1956<br>Country of origin: England<br>This exposure meter is still spot-on, and I use it as my main meter when shooting antique cameras.<br>Unlike the US-made versions this is calibrated in &#8216;Weston&#8217; ratings, not ASA.<br>According to the meter itself, this was distributed in the UK by Ilford, so it&#8217;s appropriate that I use it when shooting my Ilford Advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonMasterIII.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonMasterIII.jpg\" alt=\"Weston Master III\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonMasterIII.jpg 800w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonMasterIII-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonMasterIII-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weston Master III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weston Photronic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: circa 1933<br>Country of origin: USA<br>A beautifully-made meter, that unfortunately seems a bit unresponsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonPhotronic.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonPhotronic.jpg\" alt=\"Weston Photronic\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonPhotronic.jpg 800w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonPhotronic-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WestonPhotronic-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weston Photronic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting Camera Accessories Beside the actual cameras themselves there are many accessories that are collectable. There are darkroom accessories (enlargers, tanks), slide projectors etc. &nbsp;However, the easiest to collect, on account of size, are camera accessories such as light-meters and rangefinders. Voigtlander Telemetre Date: circa 1956Country of origin: GermanyI seem to have acquired two of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/collecting-camera-accessories\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Camera accessories<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}