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Re: [OM] bloody eyes and my meter went whack

Subject: Re: [OM] bloody eyes and my meter went whack
From: Acer Victoria <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:59:02 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Terry Mair wrote:

>Is it that far off with all lenses or just one? and is it that far off when it
>exposes the film?
>>
>> ><<--discovered my meter is showing +2/3. Any idea how it went off, and how
>> >to bring it back to spec? Will a cla do? I'll be getting that , in
>> >addition to new foam soon. this is on an Hg cell too!>>
>> >
>> >Some ideas.
>> >May be something you are doing.
>> >Is there stray light getting into the viewfinder?
>> >Are you checking it against a meter with a larger
>> >or smaller angle of acceptance?
>> >Check some variables before you make a conclusion.
>>
>> Nope. First I tested the sunny16 rule. It seemed off. Went to camera
>> store, and checked on gray card against Minolta incident meter AND inbuilt
>> meter of Nikon N90s.

The lens I had on was the 50/1.8 MC. I didn't check against other
lenses--I will do that.

/Acer "Siddiq" Victoria
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