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Cadmium sulphide
A type of light meter introduced in the 1960s.
Cadmium sulphide (CdS) meters require battery power to operate, but the light gathering area required for a reading is much smaller than the older selenium cell meters. This made it easier to incorporate meters into cameras.
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