Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Takkun
Ian M.
Believe it or not, I actually know this one, though I had to look up the specific model number.
Olympus 'PM-CBAD Automatic Exposure Control Unit', for the PM-10AD microphotography system. Essentially a very fancy tabletop controller for a dedicated camera body to be mounted on a microscope. As that knob on the right implies, it could not factor in reciprocity failure into automatic exposures. Manual here.
Curiously, the 'body' was really a microscope head with mirror and shutter, and the 'film back' a heavily modified OM body.
I'm only tangentially familiar with this because my father was very enthusiastic about Olympus microscopes.
Olympus 'PM-CBAD Automatic Exposure Control Unit', for the PM-10AD microphotography system. Essentially a very fancy tabletop controller for a dedicated camera body to be mounted on a microscope. As that knob on the right implies, it could not factor in reciprocity failure into automatic exposures. Manual here.
Curiously, the 'body' was really a microscope head with mirror and shutter, and the 'film back' a heavily modified OM body.
I'm only tangentially familiar with this because my father was very enthusiastic about Olympus microscopes.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Might it have to do with motion picture photography of the microscope images? The buttons on the left marked 16 and 35 might refer to the film gauge.
Ambro51
Collector/Photographer
Uh oh. Posting that here could cause mass GAS attacks as folks think it will make them a better pho-to-graph-er! eBay prices will Skyrocket! If only it had one of those scary Jacobs Ladder electronic things on top! .....of course the Leica branded version sells for six times as much ! ;-)
Takkun
Ian M.
Sort of—the manual says that the three positions are for 35mm with the Olympus back, 'L' for large-format, and '16' for time-lapse with a Bolex.