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| − | The story of '''Metrawatt AG''' began in Nuremberg, Germany 1933, when [[Dr. Siegfried Guggenheimer AG]] (originally founded 1906) was ordered by German government to change its name.<ref>http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/DE_NU_JU_guggenheimer_siegfried.pdf</ref> At the same time the name of Metrophot light meter, previously manufactured by Guggenheimer, was changed to Metraphot. | + | The story of '''Metrawatt AG''' began in Nuremberg, Germany 1933, when [[Dr. Siegfried Guggenheimer AG]] (originally founded 1906) was ordered by German government to change its name.<ref>[http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/DE_NU_JU_guggenheimer_siegfried.pdf Siegfried Guggenheimer history] (in German)</ref> At the same time the name of Metrophot light meter, previously manufactured by Guggenheimer, was changed to Metraphot. |
Metrawatt continued developing and manufacturing light meters for three decades. Those included Tempiphot - the first selenium light meter with booster cell attachment, successful series of Horvex meters, and several models made exclusively for Leica cameras. | Metrawatt continued developing and manufacturing light meters for three decades. Those included Tempiphot - the first selenium light meter with booster cell attachment, successful series of Horvex meters, and several models made exclusively for Leica cameras. | ||
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* [http://www.gossenmetrawatt.com/ Gossen-Metrawatt home page] | * [http://www.gossenmetrawatt.com/ Gossen-Metrawatt home page] | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://myphotoweb.com/expmeters/pages/metrawatt.htm Short Metrawatt history] on [http://myphotoweb.com/expmeters/index.htm Exposuremeters.net] |
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://lightmetermuseum.com/Light%20meters/Metrawatt%20Tempiphot%20T30/slides/Tempiphot_BJPA-38.html#picttop Tempiphot ad] at [http://lightmetermuseum.com/Light%20meters/ Anssi's Collection] |
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| The first ad of Metraphot meter in Photofreund, January 1934.
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The story of Metrawatt AG began in Nuremberg, Germany 1933, when Dr. Siegfried Guggenheimer AG (originally founded 1906) was ordered by German government to change its name.[1] At the same time the name of Metrophot light meter, previously manufactured by Guggenheimer, was changed to Metraphot.
Metrawatt continued developing and manufacturing light meters for three decades. Those included Tempiphot - the first selenium light meter with booster cell attachment, successful series of Horvex meters, and several models made exclusively for Leica cameras.
Metrawatt was later merged with BBC and ASEA, and finally with Gossen in 1993, forming the present Gossen-Metrawatt.
Meters
In chronological order with the year of presentation:[2]
- 1934 Metraphot (originally sold as Metrophot)
- 1934 Tempophot
- 1935 Tempiphot
- 1938 Horvex
- 1936 Eos
- 1939 LC60 (for Leica)
- 1950 Metraphot
- 1950 Leica-Meter
- 1953 Horvex 2 (also sold in US rebranded as Argus L3 model 600)
- 1954 Metraphot 2
- 1954 Leica-Meter M
- 1955 Leica-Meter MC
- 1956 Metraphot 3
- 1956 Horvex 3
- 1960 Leica-Meter 3
- 1963 Leica-Meter MR (CdS cell)
- 1964 Metrastar (CdS cell)
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Notes
- ↑ Siegfried Guggenheimer history (in German)
- ↑ Based on Jean-Yves Moulinier's "Le Temps de Pose" CD (more info)
