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> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Bought a Spotmatic, need some advice...
>
>
> Well, you guys finally enabled me.
>
> I've been watching for a nice Spotmatic on ebay and the price was never
> right. I found one for $60 at a local camera show, no dents or
> bruises so I
> bought it.
>
> After figuring out how to turn the meter on, I shot a roll of 12. But I
> noticed the meter seems off, way too slow. It also move very
> slowly, and not
> very far when I change f-stops. If f 5.6 is the centered
> position, then f 4
> barely moves it and you need f 22 to push it out of the small
> central area.
>
> I'd check the battery, but don't have it with me...
>
> And what's the deal on the batteries? Did people say it took a
> 1.35 volt,
> but had a bridge so 1.5 volt was OK? (This is an old Honeywell
> Spotmatic, no
> flash holder integrated into the pentaprism.)
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards, Bob S.
Sound like bad meter cells to me. The response should be fairly fast
and only a couple of stops to peg the meter + or -.
JCO
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