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*[http://www.boxcameras.com/watkinsbee.html Bee Meter] at BoxCameras.com [http://www.boxcameras.com] | *[http://www.boxcameras.com/watkinsbee.html Bee Meter] at BoxCameras.com [http://www.boxcameras.com] | ||
| + | *[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/item140.htm Studio Special Bee Meter] in the catalogue of an exhibition ''Cameras: the Technology of Photography'' at the [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ Museum of the History of Science, Oxford], 20 May - 13 September 1997. | ||
*[http://www.herefordwebpages.co.uk/watkins.shtml Alfred Watkins] at Hereford Webpages [http://www.herefordwebpages.co.uk/] | *[http://www.herefordwebpages.co.uk/watkins.shtml Alfred Watkins] at Hereford Webpages [http://www.herefordwebpages.co.uk/] | ||
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The Watkins Meter Company was a maker of photographic light meters in Hereford, England. It was founded after Alfred Watkins received a patent on his light meter in 1890. The Watkins Bee Meter was shaped like a pocket watch. It showed a small area of a disc of light-sensitive paper in a slit. The time for the sensitive paper to darken to match the surrounding area was the third input parameter to calculate appropriate exposure time at a given f-stop and plate speed with help of the instrument's calculation scales.
Several special versions of the Bee meter were produced[1], including the de luxe Queen Bee, models scaled for indoor use, for focal-plane shutters, for Autochrome plates and other colour media, for cinematography, and ones incorporating a compass or a Swiss stopwatch in the case. There was also a Standard Meter, which used a strip of sensitive paper instead of a disc, which was said to last longer.
Watkins also sold some timers and other darkroom items.
Notes
- ↑ Brochure, around 1912 (to judge from testimonials from the Scott and Mawson polar expeditions) at Ciné-Ressources
Links
- Bee Meter at BoxCameras.com [1]
- Studio Special Bee Meter in the catalogue of an exhibition Cameras: the Technology of Photography at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, 20 May - 13 September 1997.
- Alfred Watkins at Hereford Webpages [2]
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