I had a Norwood Director --- one of the former "guises" --- that is 40 to 50 years old recalibrated last year. Selenium cell in it and a like unit I sent along for spares were both OK --- although the tech did warn when I was checking on current serviceability that they run into a fair number with bad cells. I may have just lucked out. In any case, for what it was intended to do, it has worked fine for me.
Otis T Rittenhouse wrote: > Depends on how low the light is. Normal hand held work with the Studio > Deluxe is pretty much covered. If you are going to put it on a tripod and do > long exposures at low apertures it probably is not the meter you want. The > only slide you normally use for still photography is the high/low > sensitivity slide that comes with the meter and stores in a slot on the back > when not in use. As I said it is the standard in incident light meters it > has been around in one guise or another since the 30's. 30+ year old > selenium cells can be pretty flaky, but anything built since then is > probably good they will definitely last 20 years or so. I have had two of > them over the years and would have another now if it weren't for money > problems. > > This things are still used extensively in the film industry. That is what > the auxiliary slide sets are for each slide is for a particular asa and > makes the meter read f-stop directly with that film and the standard 24/25 > frame rate. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:16 AM > Subject: Re: Incident Meter > > > Aren't selenium cells considered slow and relatively inaccurate in low > > light? And what's the business of using "slides" for this meter? > > > > Bob Rapp wrote: > > > > > > Seconic Studio Master 398? Selenium cell - no batteries. Quite handy. > > > > -- > > Shel Belinkoff > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
