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Gossen Sixtry Exposure Meter in case (Badge missing)
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General Gossen Sixtry Information
Maker: Gossen
Model: Sixtry
Circa: 1957
Cell type: Selenium
Measure type: Combinaton reflecting/averaging and 3D incident meter
Gossen is a German company that, along with Sekonic, made about 10,000 different meters and gave them similar names. Gossen loves the words "Six" and "Luna," so there are all kinds of varieties of "Luna" meters and "Six" meters, and yes, there's a LunaSix in there somewhere (it's called the Luna Pro in America).
They made at least three units that are cosmetically almost identical: Sixtry, the Sixton and the Sixtomat.
The Sixtry came out around the time that the Germans were pushing the Exposure Value System of measuring light and setting cameras. The idea was the meter would give you an EV number (a whole number, typically between 1 and 19, but negative numbers were possible) and you'd set the camera shutter and lens to that EV. The camera lens then automatically had all the shutter/aperture combinations locked in, so adjusting one automatically adjusted the other.
The Sixtry ties itself into the EV system. You set the film speed with a dial on the side and it brings up the EV scale the needle uses. If you're using EVS then it's direct read, otherwise you have to use a thumbwheel to dial in the EV number on a calculator rule to get your shutter/aperture combo.
Two unique features to this meter that make it interesting. One is the little corregated roll-up door that covers the face and selenium cell. If you roll the door all the way back and expose the cell, it's a reflected-light averaging meter. But if you roll the door up to expose the face but leave the cell covered, it's becomes an incident meter.
The other feature is an oddball: a sort of color temperature meter that uses a chart. You flip the side door open and look at the chart; there are blue and red steps and try to see which look stronger, and this tells you the color balance of the light. A chart on the emblem on the rear suggests filter combinations to use to balance the light to the film.
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