Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Simply put, you're wrong. The MR/MR-4 meters DO have such compensated >circuitry and so does the SL -- read the literature from Metrawatt and >Leica, which is hardly the blatherings of store clerks. Virtually all >German photo gear has such circuitry, while Japanese gear does not. (I >believe the Rollei 35 also lacks such circuitry, but I'd have to ask Bob >Salomon or Harry Fleenor to be certain; in any event, Rollei recommends >re-calibration of even the late-production Classic.) > >I shot for more than a year with PX76 batteries (1.5v silver oxide) in my >MR-4 and SL. Both cameras functioned well within 1/6 stop. I am currently >using a Kiev prism on my Hassie with four PX76's in place of the original >four 625's -- and it, too, is more than accurate enough for chrome work >despite the additional 4/5 volt. > >My Canon F1, however, did NOT do well on silver-oxides: the meter was all >over the board and was about 1 1/3 stop off, though this was not consistent >enough to be relied upon. > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! Marc, Do you know if the CL has such compensating circuitry? Thanks, Henry