[Leica] Selenium problems Weston V meters

[chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Christopher Crawford)]

Quality Light Metric won?t repair the Westons anymore. George told me he
has no more selenium cells for them, and cannot get more. The Sekonic is
probably still fixable, since they?re still being made.

There?s a guy in England repairing them, He had new cells custom made for
him. He repairs meters and also sells ones he has rebuilt. I have one of
his rebuilt Master V meters and it works great. It was expensive, though.
About $150.

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On 2/20/17, 12:46 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jim Hemenway"
<lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
jim at hemenway.com> wrote:

>Douglas:
>
>I don't know of any Weston V repair enterprises in the old sod but on
>the other side of the planet, I've had both of my Western V meters
>selenium problem repaired at Quality Light Metric, in Hollywood
>California.
>
>The problem is that the seals inside the meters begin to leak in air
>after many, many years,
>
>My two were purchased by me in the 1960's and needed repair about ten
>years ago.  I use them quite a bit in my 11x14 work and 4x5 work.  I
>think that they'll last a long time after I terminate.
>
>You might want to try them as they do good work.
>
>I can't find a web site.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Jim Hemenway
>Massachusetts
>
>
>QUALITY LIGHT METRIC CO. 7095 Hollywood Blvd. #550, Hollywood, CA 90028
>Phone: 323-467-2265
>
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=QUALITY+LIGHT+MET
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>
>
>On 2/18/17 5:28 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>I have the Weston Master V and the Sekonic Studio Deluxe but both are
>selenium challenged and didn't give me the correct readings when I tried
>using them on a couple of occasions. I have a digital Sekonic which
>works fine but the other two are merely decorative. I did read about the
>possibility of using a solar cell taken from a calculator, but it could
>be just old wives' tales. If there are any old wives out there, let me
>know as I do like tilting at windmills....
>
>Douglas
>
>
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