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In 1919, Paul Friedrich Karl Gossen (1872&ndash;1942) and Otto Cohn founded the company '''Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte''' in Baiersdorff. Within a few years the company had moved to Erlangen, grown, seen Cohn leave and Rita Gossen join, gone into and emerged from administration, and had successfully sold ammeters and similar devices.<ref name="aa_gossen">This history is derived from E. van der Aa, "[http://www.exposuremeters.net/expmeters/pages/bertram/bertram.htm  History of the Gossen company, Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte]" (2010), within E. van der Aa's website [http://www.myphotoweb.com Exposuremeters.net]. Accessed 3 April 2011.</ref>
 
In 1919, Paul Friedrich Karl Gossen (1872&ndash;1942) and Otto Cohn founded the company '''Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte''' in Baiersdorff. Within a few years the company had moved to Erlangen, grown, seen Cohn leave and Rita Gossen join, gone into and emerged from administration, and had successfully sold ammeters and similar devices.<ref name="aa_gossen">This history is derived from E. van der Aa, "[http://www.exposuremeters.net/expmeters/pages/bertram/bertram.htm  History of the Gossen company, Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte]" (2010), within E. van der Aa's website [http://www.myphotoweb.com Exposuremeters.net]. Accessed 3 April 2011.</ref>
  
The company's first photographic exposure meter, produced in 1933, was the Photolux. Between then and 1949, other models included the Blendux and Cimbrux for cine.
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The company's first photographic exposure meter, produced in 1933, was the Photolux. Between then and 1949, other models included the Blendux and Cimbrux for cine. In 1961 the [[Gossen Lunasix|Lunasix]] was the company's first meter aimed specifically at the professional market and started the long line of professional meters. The next major change was the 1983 all electronic microprocessor controlled [[Gossen Mastersix|Mastersix]]. In a few years the entire range became electronic.
  
 
==Hand held meters==
 
==Hand held meters==

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Gossen is a renowned light meter maker based in Nuremberg, Germany.

In 1919, Paul Friedrich Karl Gossen (1872–1942) and Otto Cohn founded the company Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte in Baiersdorff. Within a few years the company had moved to Erlangen, grown, seen Cohn leave and Rita Gossen join, gone into and emerged from administration, and had successfully sold ammeters and similar devices.[1]

The company's first photographic exposure meter, produced in 1933, was the Photolux. Between then and 1949, other models included the Blendux and Cimbrux for cine. In 1961 the Lunasix was the company's first meter aimed specifically at the professional market and started the long line of professional meters. The next major change was the 1983 all electronic microprocessor controlled Mastersix. In a few years the entire range became electronic.

Hand held meters



Cameras with Gossen meters

Notes

  1. This history is derived from E. van der Aa, "History of the Gossen company, Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Fabrik elektrischer Messgeräte" (2010), within E. van der Aa's website Exposuremeters.net. Accessed 3 April 2011.

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