Joe Wilensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK, here's my MX question (I have two, and really like them) ... I >recently took one of mine out, ready to load it up with film, and the >meter seems as if it's three or four stops off. Batteries are fine, >ASA dial is set correctly, and the meter does respond to different >light levels, but it has to be pretty bright (indoors, at least) to >get it to read a proper exposure. It shows underexposure when the >exposure should be correct (which means its meter would overexpose >the film by about four stops). The last time I used it, a couple of >months ago, readings seemed fine and I think film was exposed >properly. Any ideas?
Sounds like a bad spot on a potentiometer (variable resistor). Could be the film speed/shutter speed resistor or the aperture resistor. Try playing around with the film speed setting and see if that changes anything. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
