Gossen Pilot 2 Camera
Historical artifact -- Camera
Identifier:
2012.30.4.1Description
Gossen Pilot 2 CameraSmall, black, plastic camera. The front of the camera has a ridged dial that can be to turned to adjust the settings, the inside of this dial is silver with a black center. In the dead center of this dial is the film speed ASA setting knob. Above this is white lettering reading, "Gossen" and below it is ASA scale window. There is a small cut out in the black circle, on both sides of this cut out reads, "ASA" In the cut out shows the ASA scale window, marked numerical settings are: "6; 12; 25; 50; 100; 200; 400; 800;1600; 3200"
On the top of the silver area is the exposure time/shutter speed. This can be adjusted by turning the dial. There is an area with the settings, it adjusts/moves as the dial turns. On both sides of this area reads, "Time" The settings in this area are, "15; 8; 4; 2; 1; '2; '4; '8; '15; '30; '60; '125; '250; '500; '1000" Below this f-stops, "fl 22; 16; 11; 8; 5.6; 4; 2.8; 2; 1.4 fl"
The bottom of the silver part of the dial reads, "Pilot 2" on opposite sides of this are 3 vertical lines that follow the curve of the circular shape of the dial. Below this dial is a window with a yellow arrow, this arrow moves when the dial's settings are adjusted. There is a silver pointer in this window too.
On the right side of the camera is a lever for incident light diffuser. When the lever is pushed down, it pushes out a ridged white plastic. On the bottom of the camera is a measuring cell with a blue-tinted honeycomb lens.
The top of the camera has a small eyelet for neck strap. The back of the camera has a white sticker, "CE" underneath are three screws to open the camera as well imprinted text reading, "Made in Germany, 0C42954"