Sanei Sangyō and later Samoca Camera made various Samoca branded exposure meters. Some are hand-held and others are mounted on a camera's accessory shoe.
Samoca exposure meter. Picture copyright Nakagi Tsuguhide. (Image rights) |
In 1955, the Samoca Automat exposure meter was sold in Japan for ¥5,200, including the leather case.[1]
Column and advertisement showing the Samoca Automat in Photo Art no.80, June 1955. (Image rights) |
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Bibliography[]
- Photo Art rinji zōkan: Kamera akusesarī zensho (フォトアート臨時増刊・カメラアクセサリー全書, Photo Art special issue: All the camera accessories). June 1955, no.80 of the magazine.
- "Denki roshutsukei" (電気露出計, Electric exposure meters). Pp.102–3.
- Advertisement by Hattori Tokei-ten on p.124.