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From: "PAUL STENQUIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentaxlist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Spotmatic F Open Ap Metering
> All of a sudden one of my Spotmatic Fs won't meter at open ap.
It's
> behaving like a Spotmatic even when I have an SMC Tak lens
screwed on. I
> haven't been using it that much lately, but I did take it with
me on an
> outdoor portrait shoot last week, with the SMC Tak 85/1.8
installed. I
> ended up overexposing a roll by two stops because the meter
was reading
> a couple of stops under at open ap. When I push the meter
button up (as
> on a Spotmatic), it reads correctly. Could this be the result
of a dying
> battery? I haven't checked it yet, but I'm hoping that the
solution is simple.
> Paul Stenquist
Sounds like a battery issue. The Spotmatic meter cells put out a
remarkable amount of current, nearly enough to run the meter
circuit on it's own. The battery is there to act as a booster
more than to run the meter circuit.
William Robb
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