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     Mndean Tinkerer Username: Mndean Post Number: 100 Registered: 08-2007 Rating: N/A |
Liz, as to the second part of your question - no way. You can't realistically damage the meter by leaving it on unless you do it for years (old mercury cells could damage the wiring if the meter wasn't turned off, but it takes a long time for that to happen. Drain the battery yes, but not damage the meter in such a short time. Since the lens was capped, I doubt you could even have drained the battery much in 8 hours. Could your battery possibly be going already? I don't use Wein cells, so I have no idea, but when zinc-air batteries die, the voltage is supposed to go down quickly, so it may be that. Does the meter movie a lot between brighter and dimmer areas? What does the BC position show in the viewfinder? If the battery is still in range, it should be good, and you may have another problem. |