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Anirban
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 07:40 am: | 
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Hi All,
The meter in my Yashica TL-Super seems a little off: it shows overexposure when exposure is in fact correct. Is there any D-I-Y adjustment that could be done at the bottom (like some other cameras) for the meter?
Also, I'll be glad if anyone could point me to the user's manual for this camera. I'd hate to spend $20 on a manual for a camera that cost $30 on the 'Bay.
Thanks,
Anirban |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 04:06 am: |
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Hi again,
I do not know the real way to do it but there is an easy trick. The ASA number plate can be loosened and re-located on the dial. Canculate how much the meter is off. If it is one stop overexposing for example just put the dial to 100ASA, loosen the number ring, move it so that it shows 50ASA WITHOUT moving the dial beneath and tighten the screws. This solution is not the best one since if you adjust for more than 1/2 stops or so the ASA dial will not move to 800ASA or 25ASA, it will stop short. And according to specs the camera should meter at 100ASA and 1/2sec and so forth. This will also change depending on which direction you adjust it. If your meter is non-linear before it will still be non-linear after the adjustment.
Contact Mark Hama who specilizes in Yashicas. If he is having a good day he will maybe give you directions on how to do it the real way. But I would not keep my hopes high as he would want you to send him the camera for a $85 CLA instead. www.markhama.com
Information on M42Yashicas on the net is very limited. If you were asking about Spotmatics you would get many useful anwers, plus instruction and repair manuals for those cameras are available on line free of charge. Spare parts are widely available too, unlike Yashicas. Too bad Spotmatics do not have real mirror lock-up like Tl-Super and Tl-Electro X. |
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