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Author Message   Wernerjb Tinkerer Username: Wernerjb Post Number: 266 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:34 am:    The meters in the old Hi-Matic lines (7,7s,9) are more or less identical and are practically interchangeable as far as the housing is concerned, BUT the LV scale is not the same and also the wiring (wire colours, variable resistors at the back of the meters) can be different if those cameras from different batches. The meters of the newer H-Matics you mention are completely different in design, the different Hi-M E cannot be used as a donor camera. Please note that swapping meters is definitely no job for beginners.