I don't know the innards of the XA but it sure sounds like the lens
moving in its helicoid is accidentally jostling a wire or the ASA ring
or something else in the metering circuit. Is that possible?
Chuck Norcutt
ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thank you for the reply, John.
>
> The meter needle upon first picking up the camera jumps all over the place
> and one of the things I thought of was a bad ground. I also thought that
> something may be interfering with its movement, because when you set the
> focus for a
> close distance, the meter needle always drops and stays put, when you move
> the
> focus to a far distance, the needle behaves like its suddenly released, and
> swings up quickly to what I'd say was a correct reading.
>
> Upon further talking to the seller, who does offer me a refund option, he
> stated when this XA behaved in this manner in the past, the exposures were
> still
> correct.
>
> George S.
>
> omtech@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>>Could be several things. Batteries, something's wrong with the meter
>>ground, or the meter cds. (XA has 2 cds cells one for the meter reading,
>>other for the actual exposure.) Moving the focus should have no affect on
>>the meter. There are no sliding brushes or contacts involved.
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