Sixtomat

The Gossen Sixtomat is selenium meter for amateurs. After having preselected the film speed with the
selector inside the knob on the side and having opened the rouleau cover of the instrument the light
measuring can be done by pointing with the photo cell's window towards the image subject. Then the knob
must be turned until the diagonal line matches the actual position of the instrument's needle. When the
middle of the diagonal line is exactly under the needle the scales above the instrument show a set of
appropriate shutter-speed/aperture value-combinations. When the needle is over one end of the diagonal line
the scales show values for either slight under- or slight over-exposure.

Behind the door in the bottom is a color measuring feature, Gossen's so-called Color Finder (Light temperature
measuring).

A chain may be attached as carrying handle to the Sixtomat.

image by Master of Felix (Image rights)

Sixon
The Sixon is a variant with LV scale instead of match-needle scale. Thus it allows faster operations for those
who just need to know the light value for making correct exposure settings. It also has the Color Finder on the
side.
 Gossen Sixon
image by AWCam (Image rights)

image by AWCam (Image rights)

Links
manual (archived) on Gossen's homepage
collection of Gossen meters and information on myphotoweb (archived)
discussion on photo.net
Gossen Sixtomat PDF manuals X3, J, I, Digital, Electronic at Butkus' OrphanCameras.com

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