[Leica] Selenium problems Weston V meters

[Christopher Crawford]

Quality Light Metric won¹t 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 they¹re still being made.

There¹s 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
>RIC+CO.+7095+Hollywood+Blvd.+%23550%2C+Hollywood%2C+CA+90028+Phone%3A+323-
>467-2265&gbv=2&oq=QUALITY+LIGHT+METRIC+CO.+7095+Hollywood+Blvd.+%23550%2C+
>Hollywood%2C+CA+90028+Phone%3A+323-467-2265&gs_l=heirloom-hp.3...5966.5966
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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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