That's why the non-metered prisms now command a premium price.
Stephen Gandy (Cameraquest) claims to be able to organise repairs to some of
those F meters.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/05/2011, at 10:55 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> Circa 1970. Nice, has the first "auto indexing" meter head (Photomic
> FTn) but I predict would need tons of work. Most likely meter would be
> very erratic. All photomic heads had large gear with resistive strip
> mounted inside. Strip wears down, meter gets jumpy. Achilles heel in
> all Nikon meters of that era.
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