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I am curious how they did this. Was it purely mechanical?


It was purely mechanical. Somehow I managed to find the model:

https://www.ebay.com/i/203083047312

A closeup picture of the dial:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aogAAOSwFmZfPquw/s-l1600.jpg

The log-factor wasn't as severe as I had remembered, but the 0-1m angle is about the same as the 20-25m angle. It was still pretty easy to get 15s, 30s, etc. I'm sure you could do a lot better with modern digital electronics.




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