Re: [Leica] Light meters

["Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@flash.net>]

Gosh,
if the meter is giving accurate readings as per your test, why take it to a
shop. If you do take it to a shop, I would suggest somewhere other than the
one that diagnosed an "exhausted cell."
Sincerely,
Joe Stephenson


- -----Original Message-----
From: John Hudson <jahudson@direct.ca>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: [Leica] Light meters


>I was recently given an old British made Sangamo Western "Western Master V"
>light meter complete with incident light cone. It was completely dead. It
>had previously been stored at room temperature unused for almost 30 years.
>Depressing the needle release button did not cause the needle to move off
>zero. A photo repair lab told me that the light cell "was exhausted" and
>that the meter should be junked.
>
>After sitting around with its new owener for six months at room temperature
>the meter has come back to life. The meter readings are virtually identical
>to those shown on my Lunasix 3.
>
>Are there any words of advice on whether this Western Master V needs to
>visit another repair technician or whether it could be on its last gasp of
>life before really becoming exhausted?
>
>jh
>
>