Spotmatic TTL Light Meters
I wonder if one could pull the collar off a used up Wein cell and fit it to a battery that might work if only it had a collar.
Ted
Hi Ted,
I have several collars. They are not realyy necessary in the Spots but I do need them for the Fujica ST601 and 701. Mine came off some S400 Kodak batteries which are the silver version of the mecury 400. The collars just pressed offwhich is how I found that the £5 S400 was in relality an 80p 394 labeled S400 with a collar
I haven't tried it with a wein cell but if you have a dead cell, what have you got to lose
Kim
The only trouble is, that the meter doesn't seem to work. To be fair, the seller said it didn't work, but I had been hoping he was playing safe as he didn't have a battery to test it. It seemed as though he had got the camera for 50p in a car boot sale.
No matter, good photographers don't need meters anyway.
G
Just a thought. Silver/alkaline cells have a different polarity from the old mercury 400's and often people try to fit them the wrong way (myself included ) It is worth taking the bottom cover of and checking the contacts underneath. If someone has left a battery in for some time, this quite often gets corroded and is a simple job to check.
Kim
Ted
The batteries are alkaline, not Wein, and I've taken the bottom plate off. Everything looks fine, and spotlessly clean, but it still doesn't work.
Ah well, Overcast 8, here I come.
G
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18 years
Bisbee,
Arizona
Ted