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Thuggins
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 12-2007

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Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 03:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Since this question seems to come up a lot (it just came up on this forum), I've put together a set of instructions for troubleshooting and repairing a selenium light meter. These are specific to an Auto Eye II, but they should be generally useful for any selenium meter.

http://www.thermojetstove.com/Autoeye/meter.htm
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Arnoldharris
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Post Number: 38
Registered: 07-2006

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Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
All my Voigtlander Vitessa-T rangefinder cameras (1956-1958) have selenium cell exposure meters similar in general design to the Olympus Auto Eye II whose meter you replaced and re-adjusted in your camera. Especially useful is the information about the two resistors, an arrangement similar to the meter design I have found in the tops of the Vitessa-T cameras.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
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Nickon51
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Post Number: 18
Registered: 05-2008

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Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 07:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Thats a good article which I have filed for future reference. Thanks for posting.
Cheers
Greg

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