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Weston Master IV Exposure Meter

Weston Master IV Exposure Meter, Model 745. 1960 UK manufacture only.

 

Does not use the term 'Universal' on the meter face. The dial legend also dispenses with intermediate markings for aperture (f stops) and shutter speeds. The meter needle lock makes it possible to use the meter for incident light readings with the Invercone when the face is turned away from the user.

This is also the only model in the Master family to dispense with thumbnail vanes at the ends of the calculator dial section, having instead a knurled outer rim that rides proud of the meter body, allowing adjustment of the dial with ease. (the vane feature was restored in the Master V and subsequent models).

The use of an American designation model number and a black background meter face may have been informed by the large export sales from Britain back to the USA. 

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The Weston Master IV and subsequent models used a redesigned  and efficient Invercone for incident light measurements. This was made out of fragile perspex and had a tendency to flick off the meter if the baffle were released from its body lock while the Invercone was mounted. Many fractured and broke as a result. 

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A variant of the Master IV also appeared with a redesigned calculator dial. It had a red pointer and the 1/3rd stops were also restored on the aperture and shutter speed scales. Judging from appearances on auction sites, about 10% of those in the USA and Canada may have been of this type. None seem to have been sold in Britain. 

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