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robert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 10:19 am: | 
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Hi,
I have a Pentax Spotmatic II with a light meter off by 2 stops. I assume there is a vari resistor somewhere which I can adjust. Wondering if anyone can share experience as to where the resistor is, under top cover? by the switch? I am a novice so don't wish to dig into camera deeper than I have to. Thank you. |
P Laskey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 11:35 am: |
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Unfortunately the meter adjustment is under the top cover, on either side of the eyepiece. Taking a Spotmatic apart isn't difficult but it does need a few tools and some knowledge of the camera. Are you using a 1.5 volt battery or 1.35 volt? The 1.35 is the correct one, 1.5 will give you an inaccurate meter reading.
PL |
robert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 12:10 pm: |
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Thank you PL,
I think the battery is 1.35 but it's probably a good idea to test meter again with a flash one. I did have one of those spanner wrenches and took the top off a Pentax MX a few years ago (when I was young and brave and the MX was already completely broken). The Sp II, on the other hand, is in very nice shape except the meter. Decision and decision....
Robert |
John Farrell
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:40 am: |
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The adjustment pot is on the rewind side. You need to remove the rewind knob, the flash selector switch, and the film reminder dial.(Use a bent paper clip to fit the pin hole faced nut). This will uncover a round hole, through which the pot can be seen. You can use any cell which fits the holder....Pentax Spotmatics use a bridge type metering circuit, which is unaffected by voltage. I use a watch type silver cell in mine with no problems. |
robert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 02:04 pm: |
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Wow, thank you John, this is the info I badly needed. So I don't have to take the top off, just the rewind knob portion. Will try after the superbowl.... |
