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| − | '''Watameter''' was a | + | '''Watameter''' was a widely-sold German brand of [[rangefinder (device)|accessory rangefinder]]s. A Watameter II could be used to measure distances between 55cm and infinity. It could be attached to a camera's accessory shoe. |
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| + | Watameters were produced by the company Edmund Wateler in Braunschweig. | ||
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| + | Super-Watameter was the deluxe version, in which the distance sould be read directly in the viewfinder. | ||
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| + | Watameter was also sold under the TELEX brand. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/watameter/watameter.htm Watameter user manual] (in German) at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] |
| + | *[https://kameramuseum.de/objekte/wata-watameter-ii/ Watameter II] at [https://www.kameramuseum.de Kurt Tauber's Kameramuseum] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 11 December 2023
Watameter was a widely-sold German brand of accessory rangefinders. A Watameter II could be used to measure distances between 55cm and infinity. It could be attached to a camera's accessory shoe.
Watameters were produced by the company Edmund Wateler in Braunschweig.
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| image by Gustavo Vasquez (Image rights) |
Super-Watameter was the deluxe version, in which the distance sould be read directly in the viewfinder.
Watameter was also sold under the TELEX brand.
Links
- Watameter user manual (in German) at Butkus.org
- Watameter II at Kurt Tauber's Kameramuseum
