I think you'd better check the ISO
setting resistor. This becomes oxidized
and sometimes makes bad (intermittent)
contact. It happened to me -- I shot a
very important roll of Ektachrome and it
was under by three stops stops. I was in
a hurry and didn't check with a meter as
I usually did. It was winter and there
was lots of sun on bright snow and
things should have been perfect.
Don
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
First check the battery and be sure that it is the correct type and
voltage. For example, alkaline PX-625s will cause underexpose by 1-2
stops in most cameras designed to take mercury oxide PX-625s.
Godfrey
On Dec 21, 2005, at 8:54 PM, Jon Myers wrote:
Hi all, I have a technical question for you.
Been away from the list for a bit, but re-subbed
'cause I got another toy: Very nice and clean ME-SE,
the pancake lens, and a pile of other misc goodies in
an ebay lot. All looks very nice, but the ME-SE meter
is way off compared to my other bodies - it wants to
underexpose bad. I'd rather not have to leave it on 4x
to get a decent exposure.
Was going to try to find disassembly instructions and
figure out how to get the meter closer to correct, but
is there a more accurate way a talented DIY-type can
properly adjust it besides just comparing it to what
other camera bodies read with the same lens and
exposure settings? I can't imagine this being
something a shop would do cheap enough to be
worthwhile to me. Recent disassembly and reassembly of
a Spotmatic F went quite well, but that didn't involve
meter calibration.
Thoughts? Advice? Flames?
-Jon Myers.
Cullowhee, NC (but in Lexington, NC for the holidays)
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