Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My comments are below. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@hotmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 12:53 AM Subject: [Leica] Dumbassed CL questions! <snip> > 1) Without battery, at which speed and ASA does the meter needle reside in > the center notch? > I think it's 1/60 at 100 but I'm not sure. * without battery the meter is inoperative and the needle should be at the bottom. > > 2) With a 1.35 battery at which combination of speed and ASA does the > needle reside in the center notch. I think it's B or 1/2 at 100 but again > I'm not sure * According to the Anleitung with battery installed you should turn the shutter dial so that the needle will be in the upper rigth corner of the viewfinder, then you push the battery check button and the needle should point to the square in the middle. So the ASA has no direct effect, it is controlled by the shutter dial. The shutter must be cocked and wind lever not in rest position for the meter to turn on. > > 3) and finally with ios the nominal impedence for the meter proper. Mine > had an open circuit and I had to bridge across ac ouple of windings. I get > 3.9K but I'm not sure what it should be. * This is not mentioned in the Anleitung - instructions. > > Anyway, it's a fun little camera to work on but I can see how the linkages > on the meter might get screwed up. Because the meter doesn't have the > mechanical travel range, it bottoms out and a red flag appears. If you are > overpowering or don't see the flag you can wind up wrecking the whole > meter linkage. * I?m quite sure that you cannot wreck the linkages in the way you describe - no warning in the Anleitung. You can operate the shutter dial wholly even if your speeds are out of the metering range. > I had thought this narrow range metering scheme had died with the bullseye > but I guess I was wrong. Still, it's a lovely little camera. I'd love to > do an SPD/LED conversion on it! > > Anyway, Any info is very much appreciated. > Merry Xmas to all! > Javier > >