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HICKOK Exposure Meter User manual
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*Hickak tbe \anre tbat is Helcl in Highest Esteem Iiiner Meters for Ouer Thirt_1,-fit'e Years
Some film speeds do not correspond ex- Should your cqmerq hove on odd morking,
ocily to the numbers printed on the FILM such os 1 1125 second,i[ you will set it either
diol. Then use either the neorest number or on the 1/1OO or the white block obove,
interpolotebetween numbers.ExompletKodo- which hos q vqlue of 1 ,i'150,your occurqcy
chrome ProfessionolColor Film hos speed of wif l be within 1 /4 stop. Similor procedure * W l O ( o r G E 1 6 ) . F ; l m d i q l c o n t o i n sW 8 o n d cqn be f ollowed f or other in-between times. I Wt Z. Selected shutter speed is 1 , 50. For The FRAf,/ES PER SECOND CINE scole
most occurote lens setting turn diol until line is lqld out to suit the qveroge movie comero.
seporotingWB ond W1 2 is opposite 1 50' However, il you wish more qccurote results,
This is correct setting f or W1 0. oscerlqin from your deqler the shutterspeed
of your movie comero of vorious fromes per
Some comeroshove shutterspeeds number- second. Most rnovie comerqs in use todoy
ed differentlyfrom TIME lN SECONDS scole, hqve shutfer speed 1 , 30 ql 16 fromes per
f o r e x o m p l e , 1 1 5 0 . S c o l e o n H i c k o k D U - second, and some, 1 ,i40. The 16 fromes per
P L E X i s n u m b e r e d1 , .1 0 0 o n d 1 , 2 0 0 . H o w - second morked on the Hickok Duplex d;ol
ever the white blocks, between eoch poir of is set of 1 ,t37 for procticol purposes.By o
blqck blocks contoining the numbers, hove shift of the diol, film speed con be set be-
volues holf-woy between the numbered times lween 16 fromes per second ond 1 ;'25 time,
---for exomple, the white block between if you wish lo qrrive qt o point neorer 1r"30.
1 , 1 0 0 o n d 1 2 0 0 h o s o v o l u e o l 1 , 1 5 0 s € c . ; The diol mqrked LENS confoinsnumbering
likewise,lhe white block between the 1 , 100 systemsin use on most comerqs.For exomple,
o n d 1 5 0 s e c o n dh o s q v o l u e o f 1 , 7 5 ; t h e r e - if your comero hos F'5.6 morked on the lens,
f ore, if your comerq hos o 1 B0 shutterspeed use upper scole. lf it hqs F'6.3 use lower
scole,.Fr2.B, upper, F:3.5, lower, Note efc. speed you film will set the rot[, ing, 'l '10O,to line by using you both scoles on etc, thof LENS diol 1 50 ond between block up with the
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* Hickok , . tbe Narne that is Held in Esteem Finer Meters for Ouer Tbirty-fioe Years .
Yba+/<ug''Js
cqn reod to within 1 /2 F-slop ond set your
comero occordingly. PRINCIPIESOF OPERATIONOF In reoding needle, follow stoggered divi-
sion to F-stop diol. You will note thct the THE HICKOK DUPTEX
Hickok Duplex Exposure Meter hos o long ' EXPOSUREMETER sinqle scole rother lhqn lwo or three, which
eliilinotes the necessityof tronsferringreoding Your exposure meter consisls of o light from one scole io onother os light cbnditions
chonoe.chonge. TheThe HickokHickok scolescole isis olmost twice qs ond color sensitive electric eye (techniccilly
lonq'os thot used on most double-scole ex- cqlled self-generoting photo-electric cell)
poiure meters ond it is evenly spoced from connecled to o sensitive electricql meter theihe begrnnrngbeginning toto tnethe eno.end. ltlt lsis_super-sensitivesuper-senslrlve
in the lower left-hond corner moking it possible II movemenl cqlibroted in terms of the omount ioio useuse thethe metermeter inin veryverv dimdim lightliqht ondond es-es- I of light which the electric eye receives. The
peciolly reslricted in the uppei right-hond electric eye is shielded by meons of the cqse
soso thotthof itit willwill indicoteindicote correctlvy inin thethe corner of the exposure meter so thqt opproximotety ".rrn", II sunliqht. briqhtest
Th. diol roiked FILM hos upperscoleloid the sqme omounl of light cqn strike it os
oul in W numbersond the lower in GE. The il possesthrough your comero lens.The Hickok
instructionbook listsW numbersonly ond the Exposure Meter is designed for the overqge
W scole is the one which shouldbe used in cqmerq ond you need nol worry obout light followinq the Hickok inslructionbook. GE
numberls listed for conveniencefor those beyond the ronge of your picture striking the
qccustomedto workingwith Generol Electric electric eye, if you follow the simple instruc-
film speeds" lions given on lhe following poges.
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tbe llante tbat is Held in Highest Esteem Fiuer llleters for Ouer Thirty-f ,,t Years
The meter _is rugged-however,enough to toke the
brightest sunlight iI you wish to
experiment.
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CORRECTTYCATIBRATEDFOR
coroR FtrM
The.elecrriceye is color sensitive:lr octuolly
RESTRICTEDTIGHT ACCEPTANCE does"sees"qthebelte-rsqmeiq-bcolorsofqsmotchingthe humqnrheeyecoloroni
The H ickok Duplex Exposure .Meter is '- sensitivityol the film. By meonsof filters,it'illis
cotibioted to operote on ieflected light. lt possible'to rronsmir lighr in"itiUi" l.' humon €y€r which, howJver,con be dete.i"J r"orrt"s the scrmekind of light which strikes
your comerq fllm or pl-ote. You never Point !v ghotocellsqnd-color ftlms.Thus,in usiig the Hickok Duplex for color phofogroJht, fh" meter ot the source of the light,
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7a U;rnok . , the llame that is Held in Highest Esteem Fhter Meters for Oter Tbirty-f ,'t Years \*
you moy be qssuredihot the meter is regislel-
ing oll colors correclly qnd thqt the net result
is the correcl exposure for bqlqnced colors on
your film. ln foct, your Hickok meler is *
bqsicolly colibroted on color film. Thousonds
of difficult color shots hove been mode, qs the
reol test of this meler is its obility lo give you
correct exposure on color film.
AAETERMOVEMENT
The instrumentmovement in your exposure
meler is ieweled similor to o wotch ond should
lqst indefinitely if treoted with the some core
<ls your pocket wotch. lt is similor to the
mechonisms used for sensitive meosuremenls Exomple of type of movement used
in electronicond rqdio circuits.lts ruggedness rD in Hickok Duplex Exposure Meter compores with thot of oircroft inslruments-
thousonds of similor instruments hove been
supplied by Hickok to the Signol Corps
ond Novy Bureou of Aeronoutics.
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Bockgrounds, where unimportont, qre sub- direct sunlight were likewise. But the notives dued. Foces of stors, where importont, ore oll wore wide brimmed hots to keep the sun's brishtly lishted. roys from their fqces. So the oudience, except
The omoteur con follow procticolly the in rore inslonces, could never tell exoctly
* some ideo in using his exposure meter. For whqt o notive looked like, even in the close-
exomple, in photogrophing o group of ups, becouse the lecturer forgot to meosure
people,.rememberlhot it is o group of people the light reflected from the shodowed portion
you wish fo hqve correctly exposed qnd hot of the foces.
the.bockground.-lfpossible,gef close enough You wilt find your exposure meter indis- to the-group so thot most of the light reflected pensoble in toking colored pictures qnd it is into lhe exposure meter's electrii eye is re- sofe to soy thot once you begin to use it in flected from the people themselves. However, color photogrophy, you will never give it up. if they ore weoring hots ond distinct shodowi '
ore cosl over their foces ond you wont the The emphosis method of colored pictures is
piclure to be sure to show the fqce, qet close oll importont. When toking picturesof people,
enough to the subjects so fhqt youi Exposure you wont to moke sure thot their complexions
meter tokes in only light reflected from the look nqturol. They will forgive you if the red
fqces. or green dress is o little light or dork, or if
the white of their clothes is not exoctly white, Perhops you know the story of the lecturer but they moy not forgive you if their com-
who mode o lrip into the upper regions of plexions look sickly or qnemic. The sofest the tropicol Americos ond exposed hundreds thing to do in tqking pictures of people is to of feet of Kodochrome of the notives. The hove your exposure meter's eye pick up the exposures of the sky were beoutiful. The light reflected from the foce or from the buildings, monumenls ond mountoins in the exposed ports of the skin, if the sublect is in
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Hickak . . tbe Name tbat is Held in Esteem Finer Meters Oaer T, ae Years ,
o bothing suif. Remember, your Hickok Du- BTACKAND WHITELANDSCAPES
plex is eipeciolly colibroted-for Kodochrome
qnd don't be qfroid to use it in order fo get Aim the meter in the direction of the picture you wont to toke, pointing it slighfly down- nqturol flesh tones. wqrds so os to exclude olmost qll the skylight. *
q lf you wont detqil in your londscope, you
USINGCOTORON TANDSCAPES will ler the sky "burn out". (Most of these eyecotching postorol scenesof rolling clouds
Londscopes qnd generol views ore eosier. ond meodows ore foked--+he photogropher severol good cloud shots with tqkes o filter, $ You meter in the direction olm the simply gross correctly then exposes olhers for the you wish holding it level, toke, scene fo the of $ ) 4\
5O/s lhon of the in nol more so qs to toke "$ onddorkroom).trees ondLightputsfollingthe twofromtogetherthe sky inlookshis Duplex is odiusted on The Hickok sky-light.
color film for holf sky ond holf londscope. A t\ brighter fo your film thqn it does to the humqn
cleor sky will result in o rolher deep blue on eye. Wotch for the sun, ond keep the meter
o Kodochrome tronspqrency, but the greens tihed slightly below the horizon. Then you
ond reds, browns ond oll the other colors of ;+ will get q correct reoding on the exposure
the lond'scope will be correclly exposed. meter ond o correct exposure on your film in
Therefore,o slightly cloudy sky, o few streoks toking fondscopes 99/6 ol lhe time.
of clouds on o blue bockground moy resulf
in o more pleosing picture. Kodqchrome op- t COTOREDSUNSETS peors to somewhqf overemphosize blues-
porticulorly hoze-ond the monufqcturer lf you mus| foce lhe sun, then you moy be
iecommends fhe use ol the Kodochrome hoze in trouble. So close the lens in your comero
filter for distont shots in high oltitudes. two more stops thon the meter reods. But the
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*Hickok. . tbe Name tbat is Held in H Esteem Finer Meters *\
best rule to remember is thot unless you crre.. in toking colored pictures if you wont to gel
toking sunsels, never point the meler into noturol complexions.
lhe sun. With color film, you con get good In toking indoor piclures of groups of
sunsels if you odd 2 F-sfops to the qctuol people from q distonce, this moy not be
* meter reoding-Exomple, lf the needle indi- ii.;( possible, ond then you should poini the t
cqtes F:5.6, close the lens down to F:11. u meler towqrds the subjects in generol, but
moke sure the light from none of the lomps
your exposure meter. lf USINGTHE HICKOKDUPLEX -t strikesthe opening of
INDOORS it should, rhis will moke the meter reoding high ond give you on underexposure. The
The Duplex Exposure Meter cqn be used sqme is true with rooms hoving lorge oreos of
with photoflood or other ortificiol continuous white wolls or ceilings, ond you should cor-
light for oid in toking indoor pictures. Reflec- rect the reoding downwqrds.
lion from indoor bockgrounds ore opt lo It is olwoys best to check film monufoc- ' give erroneous reodings, however, ond it is turer's dofo chorls, porticulorly in toking
best to hold the opening in lhe meter close colored indoor picfures, qs to fhe type of
to the subiect to be photogrophed (obout two { r - " ' illuminotion to be used, ond use o film recom-
or lhree feet owoy) so only light reflected lr. mended for use with ortificiol lights.
from subiect is picked up by lhe electric eye. I' Core should be token to ovoid "spotly"
In toking pictures of people, you should toke illuminotion which moy give you on overqll
o reoding off the brightest port or highlight ronge between light ond dork greoter thon of the subiecf'sfoce, ond if ihere is more thon I lhe lotitude of the film. Lights which ore too
one subject to be photogrophed, oll subiects bright should hqve q cloth screen hung in
should be checked to moke sure thot your front of them. However, too cqreful ottention
illuminqtion is even. This is porticulorly frue to this detoil moy give you o picture which is
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tbe Name tbat is Held ia
too flot. This con be reodily checked with
your exposure meter by meosuringthe omount IF RESUTTSARE UNSATISFACTORY
irt llght'reflected from the brightest portion of
rhe1ne suolecrzubiect' onoond rnenthen Inethe qmounromount erof llgnrlight te-re- And you ore sure you hove followed the flectedllected fromlrom lhethe shodowedshodowed portion.ponlon. BestDest instructionsexoctly, do no] ploce oll blome +
resuhs with color ore obtoined if the highlight on your exposure meter. Toke your comero
into your deoler ond hove him check its
shutterspeed on Hickok Model 166 Comero
Shutter Speed Tester.
12 to 1 with some block ond white films.
This will result in on interesting"Key-Light"
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( rrrooo. . tbe Name that is Hetd in Finer Meters for Oaer T,
In spite of the good intentions of monufoc' then you will hove to moke qllowonce for
furers, shufier speeds ore not olwqys whot resultontdecreosed film speed. In developing
they'ore mqrked on your comero. Speeds under speciol reversiql processes you mqy
moit opt to be correct qre 1 /21' 1/5O ot olso wish_to get on over-exposurefor greoler 'l 1l1OO.. Above l1OO, mosl shutters ore density. Stort with recommended film-speed
slower thon octuolly morked. qs o reference ond odd or subtroct to it qs
Some comeros qlso hove improper colibro- your porticulor developing cond itions worront.
tion of lens opening ond this con sometimes Color films,both sfill ond movie, qnd block
be checked by your deoler or the comero ond white movie, which ore developed by the
monu[octuter. monufocturer should be exposed exoclly in
lf your exposule meler should become gccordonce with speeds given. Do not use o.
dqmoqed so thot you con no longer use it, higher or_lower film speed, unless for pur-
relurn it direct lo the foctory for service' posely light or dork results.
Hickok Duplex Exposure Meters should be Film speed volues mqrked TUNGSTEN qre
serviced only ot the foctorY. for use with white Photoflood lomps. lf you'
use colored lomps then these volues connot
EXPLANATIONOF FIIM SPEEDS !9 used. lf you use speciol doylight colored
Photofloods with Kod'ochrome,'etl, then use
The following film speedsore recommended the doylight film speed volue. ,
when film is dl=evelopedfor qveroge condi- I Fluorescenflomps moy olso require speed
tions under formulqi tecommended by the somewhot different from those listed under processes lf speciol developing monufoclurers. TUNGSTEN. Consult monuqls furnished by de- extrq fine-groin used,. for exomple, ore the film mqnufqcturers. velopers which give o very thin negotive,
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7 s Hickok , . tbe Name that is Held in HiShest Esteem Finer Meters for Oaer Thirty-fiue Years
EASTMAN KODAK COTOR FIIMS GEVAERT
Film SPeed Number (W) Scole 4iL- Film Speed Number(W) Scole 4ile
ROLL AND CUT FILM "Recommended by Mfr," (ALL SrZES) Doylighr Tungsten FOR ALL SIZES Doylighr W Tungsten W Ko d o c h rom eD,o v l i g h t . . . . .. 8 3x*
KodochromeType A.... . . ' g* 1 9 20
KodochromeProfessiono'.. ' 10t Doylighl
Use only
KodochromeProfessiono., Tungslen 6
. T y p e8 . . . . ' . Use only
KodochromeProfessionol,
Type B when used for UNIVEX
copYing. 1 . 5 (uNlvERsALCAMERACORP.) 90tr Kodocolor
*With KodochromeTvpe A Filter for Dovlisht' BTACKAND WHITEFIIM
xxWith for Pholoflood' Filter Kodochrome aTiL* Film"RecommendedSpeed Numberby(W)Mfr."Scole numbers'Exomple,lor neorest belween {lnterpolole,
90, set Film diol on selected shulter speed mid-wov 35MM ROLLS DoylightW TungstenW
between 24 ond 16, Ultro-PonSuper-Speed.... . 50 39View original page 18From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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