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Gossen is a renowned [[light meter]] maker based in Nuremberg, Germany. The founder of the company was Paul Friedrich Karl Gossen. Their first photographic exposure meters produced in 1933 are the Photolux follwed by the Blendux and Cimbrux for cine.
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'''Gossen''' is a renowned [[light meter]] maker based in Nuremberg, Germany.  
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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>
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The company's 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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*[[Kodak_Retina_Automatic_I_II_III#Typ_032_Retina_Automatic_II|Kodak Retina Automatic II/III]]
 
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Revision as of 02:28, 3 April 2011

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 photographic exposure meter, produced in 1933, was the Photolux. Between then and 1949, other models included the Blendux and Cimbrux for cine.

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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