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Berks
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Username: Berks
Post Number: 4
Registered: 06-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 05:30 am: | 
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Hi
I just got one of these and I love it. My question is this: The selecter shutter speed shows in finder but the needle is on the right of the selected speed, not on it. When it is on 1/125 sec. the needle sits betweek 125 and 250. Is this normal? And will it affect the light meter readings?
I put some hearing aid batteries in it and the reading shown on screen is 1 stop off. (It shows f/11 at 1/125 with 100 ASA film on bright sunlight. I am wondering whether this has to do with the shutter speed I wrote above.
The camera came with 625 alkaline batteries and the reading was different then. In case it has been calibrated for 1,5V batteries, how do I calibrate it back to 1,4 V?
Berk |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 17
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:55 am: |
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Rick Oleson has some excellent notes on the 35RC on his website - they include something on the meter as well.
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-134.html
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Alex
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Username: Alex
Post Number: 56
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 06:01 pm: |
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As far as the shutter speed indication is concerned, both my 35RCs display the same feature -- the needle is to one side of the shutter speed figures, not directly over them. But I think that's just a mechanical alignment thing.
One of my pair has a mercury battery installed, the other has no battery, and is used mechanically only. But the mercury cell, in either, gives a spot-on exposure.
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