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'''AVO''' Ltd. is a electronic measuring instruments company who made photo-electric [[light meter]]s for photography from around 1935, among many other products. The name is said to be an acronym from Amps, Volts and Ohms - measured by their multimeters, but the company had previously been called the Automatic Coil Winder And Electrical Equipment Company Limited. | '''AVO''' Ltd. is a electronic measuring instruments company who made photo-electric [[light meter]]s for photography from around 1935, among many other products. The name is said to be an acronym from Amps, Volts and Ohms - measured by their multimeters, but the company had previously been called the Automatic Coil Winder And Electrical Equipment Company Limited. | ||
| − | As well as selling under their own name, AVO made meters for [[Ilford]]<ref>[http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Exposure_Meters.html Ilford Exposire Meters] | + | As well as selling under their own name, AVO made meters for [[Ilford]]<ref>The [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Exposure_Meters.html Ilford Exposire Meters page] on Maurice Fisher's [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/ Photomemorabilia site] shows some of these.</ref>. |
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AVO Ltd. is a electronic measuring instruments company who made photo-electric light meters for photography from around 1935, among many other products. The name is said to be an acronym from Amps, Volts and Ohms - measured by their multimeters, but the company had previously been called the Automatic Coil Winder And Electrical Equipment Company Limited.
As well as selling under their own name, AVO made meters for Ilford[1].
- ↑ The Ilford Exposire Meters page on Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia site shows some of these.
Links
- 1936 AVO light meter on flickr by A*J*P
- AVO Smethurst meter on James Ollinger's Light Meter Collection
- AVO light meters at Early Photography
