Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] CL metering question
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:53:51 -0700

Yes, using the wrong battery may have caused the problem. A MR-9 may do 
the trick but my preference is to have the camera adjusted to take the 
1.5v silver cells. It is an inexpensive adjustment that would be part 
of a CLA.

John Collier

On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 08:44 PM, williamhu99 wrote:

> Is it possible that I did not use the mercury PX625
> to cause this problem? Different battery voltage will
> cause different metering cell cuve. Is it recommended
> to use the mercury PX625? Or it is ok to use the MR-9
> adapter?
>
>> The shutter speed is hooked up to the meter by a linkage while the
>> aperture works solely through the meter cell. Check it against a known
>> good meter. It sounds to me that it is time for a new CdS meter cell
>> though perhaps just an adjustment to the electrical circuit might do
>> the trick. In other words, if there is a problem, it needs a CLA.
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 09:24 AM, William Hu wrote:
>>
>>> I have a CL body. And I found that the metering finger moves more 
>>> when
>>> I change shutter speed than I change the aperture.

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