While needle will often center at asa 100, f1.8 and B, if it doesn't but
is within 2-3 stops, it is not a defect. All that really matters is the
accuracy with a battery installed.
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Moose wrote:
> monte wrote:
>> so I get these two M1 cameras from two different guys (you know where)
>> and the meters seem to work but then they also work without the
>> battery. not very accurately, only on slow speeds. meter doesn't move
>> till 1/4 sec @ f4 & slower. so I get out one of my OM1 non md's and it
>> does the same thing (when I find one that works). is it something that
>> happens with age? the sellers still say they are working properly.
>> what do I tell them.
>>
> You are simply seeing the mechanical movement of the whole meter itself,
> not an electrical movement. It's normal.
>
> I believe there is an exposure setting and "reading" that show the
> mechanical parts of the metering system are set correctly, but I don't
> remember what they are. John H. will probably tell us, yet again. :-)
>
> Moose
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