what is this

[Datsun2400]

Hey brought this unseen today. Looks like a lamp but has exposure times on shade. Made by WATA in germany i think in the 1940s. Does anyone no more about this.Cant just be a safe light?

 

[Thiophilos]

Never seen one before, but leitzahl means guide number... so it would most likely be used for photo/cine illumination.

 

[Datsun2400]

Yeah think it might be a studio light of some sort. thanks anyway.

 

[wfooshee]

Looks like a strobe??? X and M Kontact is the flash sync setting, with X being electronic flash, and M being flashbulbs (which need more time to flash after being triggered, so M triggers very slightly sooner than X.) Looks like they expect you to set a slower shutter speed if your camera is on X sync to accommodate the timing difference.

Does the end of that cable have a connector that looks something like this? That's a PC connector that would connect to the camera's PC socket to trigger the flash. Modern cameras won't have that connector, but you can get a PC adapter that sits on the camera's hotshoe to trigger old lights like this.

 

[webestang64]

Looks like a strobe to me as well.
From internet.......
Wata is the renowned brand of the German photo accessory maker Edmund Wateler, a company founded in 1946 by Edmund Wateler which was based in Brunswick.

 

[Rickbb]

Photo strobe for a copy stand, old school stuff.