Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:43 AM 17-12-96 -0700, you wrote: > >but Dan's suggested procedure was sensible enough that I don't think you had to >>be alarmed. >> >If you are going to paraphrase and edit my posts, please comment only on my >statements which have been copied in their entirety and in context: There >were TWO (2) different procedures suggested to Ian. How could they both be >right? There is one procedure in the original Metrawatt manual. Could this >also be right? > >Every meter I own, including my MR-4 seems to have a curved scale, where the >higher values result from the needle moving a greater distance between known >intervals (stops). Is your MR-4 different? Choose a range of numbers, say 0 >to 10. Now square each of the integer values in that scale and plot them. >What does the curve look like? Is it "linear"? > I think the key question to ask is this: what happens if the meter is NON-LINEAR with respect to its response to light values, but the meter IS LINEAR with respect to its response to the setting of the zeroing screw adjustment? Dan C.