Gossen Lunasix / LunaPro Exposure meter

Gossen Lunasix exposure meter.

The name Lunasix originates in the world famous family of exposure and color temperature meters is the fines in the line of "SIX" Exposure and Color temperature meters the SIXTUS, SIXTOMAT, SIXON, SIXTINO, and SIXTICOLOR - each one a development and a product of GOSSEN from Erlangen in Germany.
And Lunasix is the name of this new companion of discriminating photographers, because it yields reliable measurements all the way from faint moonlight to the very brightest sunlight. There has nervier been anything like the Lunasix. With the Lunasix former limitations have been removed.  The Lunasix is sold in the US under the name Luna-Pro.
There is also an some older version with a different mechanism for switching sensitivity. The modern one has a kind of rockers switch where the older version has two buttons. Besides this, the scale is also different. The older versions was delivered in a hard plastic box with a Colorfinder in the cover of the box.

The lunasix is a result of a long lasting development. With this meter you are the owner of a very good exposure meter used by many photographers. The prototype of the Lunasix is a bit different from the final production version.


 
  Technical data:

12.02.2010
  Manufacturer
Name
Introduction
Sensor
Measurement
Application		 P. Gossen & Co, Erlangen Germany
Lunasix (Luna-Pro)
1963
CdS (Cadmium sulfide cell)
reflected and incident light
Photographic / Cine
  Film speed
EV / LW
Angle of measurement:
Aperture range
Exposure time
Cine		 0 ~ 45 DIN / 0.8 ~ 25000 ASA
-8 ~ 24EV
Reflected light aprox. 30˚ and Incident light 180˚ with diffuser
f/ 1 ~ 90
1/4000 sec. ~ 8 hour
8 ~ 128 FPS
  Size
Weight
Power		 67 x 32 x 102 mm.
aprox. 170 g.
2 mallory battery PX 13
   
 
US version, Luna Pro
  Older version of the Lunasix in a hard plastic box
 
 

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