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BEWI Zoom Spot Meter User manual
User manual for BEWI Zoom Spot Meter. 5 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Bewi
- Model / document
- BEWI Zoom Spot Meter
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- User manual
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- English
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- 5
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- 1.1 MB
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- Light meters
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SILICON EXPOSURE METER
Digitally signed by
mike butkusmike DN: cn=mike
butkus,
o=orphancameras,
ou=29,butku
email=mike@butku
s.org, c=US
Date: 2016.12.18s 20:33:08 -05'00'
SxZoom Viewfinder
Spot Range 1-5o
Extended Range 7-35"
Silicon Photo ElementView original page 2Page 3 · Read text
butkus.us
Bewi-Zoom-Spot-Silicon Exposure Meter
Into Your Hand Pistol-Grip-Style - Built
The Bewi-Zoom-Spot-Silicon Exposure Meter is an instrument
of the highest calibre, featuring:
1. Two 1 :5 Zoom Ranges
1) Spot range from 1 to 5 degrees
2) Extended range trom 7 to 35o
2. Bright Zoom Viewfinder with ocular adjustment for - individual eyesight - showing:
a) Exact area being metered. Gircle in center
outlines spot area.
b) Meter needle (visible in viewfinder and out-
side)
c) Limits of selected metering range
3. Optional presetting of subject angle on scale outside of
meter, calibrated from 1o to 50 and 7" to 35o.
4. Light weight only 8 oz. with batteries. Fast, con- - venient, one-hand pistol-grip operation.
5. 3-Way Switch
1) Pressing top of switch activates meter for low-
level light reading.
' 2) Pressing bottom of switch to first click stop
activates meter for high-level light reading.
3) Pressing bottom of switch all the way down
activates spot range.
Releasing switch locks meter needle for con-
venient transfer of reading to calculator disc.
Scales automatically change to selected range.
Selected range indicated in scale window.
Scale Values: Low Range: from 1-10 ) Black fig' on white High Range: from 8-17 J
Spot Range: from O-17 - White fig. on BlackView original page 3Page 4 · Read text
6. Silicon Photo Element, color corrected, no time lag, no
"light memory".
7. Stabilized Amplifier Circuitry.
8. Metering sensitivity in Low/High range from appr. 0.07
to 9200 Foot-Lamberts (0.75 asb to 100,000 asb)
ln Spot range from 1.16 to 9200 Foot-Lamberts (12.5-
100,000 asb)
Starts reading with ASA 50/DlN 1B at E.V.0 in low range
and E.V. 4 in spot range.
9. Range of Settings:
Exposure Values: to * 20 -6 Film Speeds: ASA 6 to ASA 6400 (9o to 39o
DrN)
Movie Speeds: 9 to 108 f.p.s.
Shutter Speeds: 1/2000 sec. to 8 hours
Apertures: f 1.0 to f 45
lo.zero Adjustmen, hr/kL0 l/5
11. Battery Check, 2 Batteries Mallory PX23 required
Application
Professional Use All areas; including movie, television, - industrial, advertising, portrait and studio photography,
evaluation of changes in studio lighting, selective metering
of subject details, determining the range of brightness of a
subject by spot contrast metering, full utilization of develo-
ping latitude, measuring the pictorially important subject
area.
Amateur Use - Movie, landscape, portait photography, se- lective metering by using spot range; for example, people
in the snow, photographing through an archway, correcting
exposure readings of built-in exposure meters for extreme
exposure situations.View original page 4Page 5 · Read text
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Manufacturer:
E & W Bertram
Planegger Str. 125
P. O. Box 140
D-8000 Munich 60
West Germany
lmported and Distributed by:
H. P. Marketing Gorp.
98 Commerce Road
Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009
Suggested List Price
$ 189.00, Case extra
ALL PRICES. SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DATA
SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
H. P. Marketing Corp.
98 COMMERCE ROAD
CEDAR GROVE, NEW JERSEY O7OO9
(201 ) 857-0171 - (212) 571-0945
Printed in GermanyView original page 5From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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