I have two Master V's made by Sangamo Weston, one bought new for £10 in 1967/68
to use with my Olympus Pen F, the other bought for $5 in a flea market. Both
work perfectly today. The one that I bought new also has Ilford's name on the
information plate as a Distributor. I remember that in 1968 I took the meter
with me to USA; I forgot the Invercone attachment, and bought another in New
York. The American invercone (in a hard grey leather case) was much smaller than
my original Sangamo Weston version (in a soft brown leather case); the larger
version appeared to function significantly better. The Sangamo meter's case was
also different; brown leather with a zip all the way round.
For those that do not have the instruction book, I should mention the warning to
unlock the meter needle if the meter will not be used for a while; you do this
by pressing the pointer lock button in and giving it a quarter turn...
regards
Roger Key, Copenhagen
>Hello all,
>The recent talk of the Weston Master V has reminded me of just how great
>this meter is. It's the one I learned on in the 50's. There's one on eBay,
>but it has the unfamiliar (to me) name SANGAMO/WESTON on it. Does anyone
>know if this is a knock-off, a meter made by somebody who bought Weston out,
>or what?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1238743597
>JohnP
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