Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] differences between MR Meter and MR4?
From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans@komvux.skola.mark.se>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 23:12:11 +0100

Does it work better when the top cover is off? Sometimes the needle gets
stuck, and it helps to bend it a bit upwards. This is the way to fix MR4:s
that have correct battery check, but meters wrongly.
/Hans

>Nevertheless, I doesn't work! I managed to fix the electrical circuit that
>is now OK. It is definitely sensitive to light, but it's not accurate at
>all. I will have to recalibrate it and it is not easy. By the way, I was
>somehow disappointed by its construction. It's all made of plastic and only
>the top cover is metal and build by leica. All the other parts are from
>Metrawatt.
>
>
>>Thib, the only difference is the location of the lever to push when
>>metering. The MR lever is on the side, and the MR4 lever is located on
top.
>>The reason for moving it was because it got in the way when rewinding
film.
>>/Hans
>>
>>>
>>>Do anyone of you know the differences between the Leicameter MR and the
>>MR4?
>>>Are there any?
>>>Thanks
>>>ThiB.
>>>
>>>
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