Norwood Director

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The Director is a series of hand-held light meters created by Donald W. Norwood and cinematographer Karl Freund. Sekonic of Japan acquired the rights to manufacture them starting with the Director S / Sekonic Studio S in 1957. A very similar meter is still marketed, as the Sekonic Studio Deluxe.

Model A

The Norwood Exposure Meter was manufactured by Photo Research. It was a unique meter that utilized Norwoods patented photo sphere for 3D light measurement. It's pivoting head design allowed the user to take measurement from multiple angles and continue to read the meter. The rights for this model remained with Photo Research after the release of the Model B. Photo Research started a line of meters called Spectra based on the Model A and continued to manufacture updated variation of the Model A as the Spectra Pro, Combi 500 and Combi II.

Model B and C

The Model B, released in 1948, was manufactured by America Bolex owned by the Brockway family. It featured a complete redesign of the exterior shell. Paillard of Switzerland started distributing Bolex cameras in the US and with it American Bolex Coropration was no longer needed. The company was renamed Director Products. The Model C is the same as the Model B, except for a new back plate, but some variations have the red coloured f-stop scales.

Model D and M2

The Model D added ASA 10 to the scale as well as easier to view red coloured F-stop scale. This model is called Color-Matic. The front face of the meter no longer mentions "Norwood Director" but instead "Director Products Corp" The M2 model was the same as the Model D but had a new company faceplate: Brockway instead of Director Products Corp.

Model S / Type S

The Japanese company Sekonic started to manufactured a revised M2 model, now labeled on its face as Brockway. It is often called the Director Model S or Type S. Variations were made with a silver background and black printing. It was simultaneously available in the Japanese market as the Sekonic L-28 Studio S. The Brockway name was dropped after several mergers, which led to Sekonic becoming the sole manufacturer and distributor.

Miscellaneous

M3

The Director M3 was a basic direct reading meter.

Super Director

The Super Director from Helio-Tech was manufactured by Walz of Japan.

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