[Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

[Christopher Crawford]

That’s strange; before I sent you the link, I went to the site to make sure he was still offering the service. I just visited it again.

 

 

https://ian-partridge.com/westonrepair.html

 

Try emailing him. Here’s his email address: enquire at ian-partridge.com

 

 

Christopher Crawford

Fine Art Photography

260-437-8990

 

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https://chriscrawfordphoto.com

 

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From: LUG <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org> on behalf of Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
Organization: Summa Ventures Ltd
Reply-To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org>
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

 

Thanks Christopher. I tried the link but it seems to be unreachable. 

Several people rate him very highly, but at least at the moment the link 

isn't working.

 

Chrome gives:

 

"This site can’t be reached

Check if there is a typo in ian-partridge.com.

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN"

 

 

Which according to Google means:

 

The "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" error ... indicates that the browser 

was unable to resolve the domain name (the website address) into a 

numerical IP address, meaning the browser can't find where to connect to 

the website. "NXDOMAIN" specifically means "Non-Existent Domain," 

suggesting the domain either doesn't exist or there's a problem with the 

DNS server's ability to find it."

 

 

great shame!

 

Peter

 

 

On 07/08/2025 11:51, Christopher Crawford via LUG wrote:

Ian Partridge is who you want to go to for repairs on your Weston. He also sells Westons he has restored; I bought one from him about 10 yrs ago and it works beautifully. He had new meter cells made after the originals were no longer available. He’s in the UK. He shipped the meter I bought from him to me in the USA if any of my fellow Americans are looking for a place to buy a Weston that actually works correctly (I’ve unfortunately never seen one that does aside from the one I bought from Ian).

 

 

 

https://ian-partridge.com/westonrepair.html

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Crawford

 

Fine Art Photography

 

260-437-8990

 

 

 

My Portfolio

 

https://chriscrawfordphoto.com

 

 

 

Learn From Me

 

https://crawfordphotoschool.com

 

 

 

The Polaroid SX-70 Project

 

https://sx70project.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: LUG <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org> on behalf of Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>

Organization: Summa Ventures Ltd

Reply-To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org>

Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM

To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org>

Subject: [Leica] Advice sought: - TTArtisan Light Meters

 

 

 

 

 

Dear All,

 

 

 

Does anyone have any experience of these meters? I though that they had

 

a good reputation, but see below...

 

 

 

I bought one (Series 2) because I wanted to test my M3 (my Weston Mk V

 

has finally stopped working properly). I normally shoot "Sunny 16", but

 

have been getting some odd results of late and wanted to understand if

 

it was me, developing or what.

 

 

 

I was comparing what I would expect to get from Sunny 16 with my Fuji

 

XE-2 and the LM. I tested in a variety of light levels and degrees of shade.

 

 

 

To my amazement the LM and the other exposures agreed on only one

 

occasion, when I was pointing the LM and the XE-2 at a white wall in

 

full Mediterranean sunlight (seriously f22)! Otherwise they were miles

 

apart.

 

 

 

Both XE-2 and LM were set to 400ASA. When I shot the scenes with the

 

XE-2 the images were, in general, fine.

 

 

 

Anyone any thoughts/explanations? Of course the XE-2 has a zoned meter,

 

but still...

 

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

Peter

 

 

 

PS If anyone knows of someone in the UK who can replace the cell in a

 

Weston V, please let me know

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- 

Dr. Peter Dzwig

 

 

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