Re: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs?
SH Last time I looked, a year ago or so, my Yashicamat meter was just fine. SH Does the deterioration depend on how much light exposure it receives? Would SH one last much longer if usually cased and in a bag and/or closet? SH Stan Well, I am no expert, but IIRC humidity is not good for selenium meters. So a well-sealed one can last very long (like the L398 sekonic g). Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Vs: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs?
The selenium meter in my Rolleiflex 3.5F (ca. 1968) is quite accurate - much more so than f:16 rule. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 27. marraskuuta 2001 0:44 Aihe: Re: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs? Sunday, November 25, 2001, 11:34:38 PM, Amita wrote: AG I have to go to Adorama tomorrow to get my 120 AG film developed. Might there be a chance that they AG could fix the light meter in my Yashicamat? Well, I don't know about Adorama, but I know few things about Yashica(mats), they use selenium meter and very big percentage of all selenium metered cameras have nonworking meters by now, or at least unreliable. Most selenium meters are aged and became unreliable - nonlinear (not that they were much linear at the startg). So even if it is fixable, it might not be useful much except in bright light, where you can use f/16 rule anyway, or an external meter. The very few selenium meters that _are_ linear and reliable even after 30 years of use is probably only the L398 incident meter... it works even where other selenium meters don't. I don't know how they did it but it works :) But of course, this is my opinion, you might want to have the meter working for whatever reasons. Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs?
Sunday, November 25, 2001, 11:34:38 PM, Amita wrote: AG I have to go to Adorama tomorrow to get my 120 AG film developed. Might there be a chance that they AG could fix the light meter in my Yashicamat? Well, I don't know about Adorama, but I know few things about Yashica(mats), they use selenium meter and very big percentage of all selenium metered cameras have nonworking meters by now, or at least unreliable. Most selenium meters are aged and became unreliable - nonlinear (not that they were much linear at the startg). So even if it is fixable, it might not be useful much except in bright light, where you can use f/16 rule anyway, or an external meter. The very few selenium meters that _are_ linear and reliable even after 30 years of use is probably only the L398 incident meter... it works even where other selenium meters don't. I don't know how they did it but it works :) But of course, this is my opinion, you might want to have the meter working for whatever reasons. Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs?
If the camera in question is a Yashicamat 124G, I believe it has a CdS (Cadmium Sulfide) meter which requires a battery for operation. Is it a 124G? It will say 124G on the camera if it is one. It's a Yashicamat EM. It is in fact a selenium metered camera (the dealer who sold it to me said so.) Frantisek, thanks for the info on the selenium meters. I took the camera to Adorama. Turns out they don't do repairs, but they refered me to a place called Panorama Camera at 124 West 30th St. They told me to leave it there and call tomorrow to find out if it can be fixed and what it will cost. From what Frantisek said, it sounds like I might be better off just buying a meter, but I'll wait to hear what they say. By the way, Panorama Camera had tons of old equipment and collectible cameras which appeared to be in mint condition. A lot of it was rather pricey, but I'm sure at least a lot of it works. Worth checking out for those in or near the city. Coincidentally, I did a search for Yashicamat on Google and I came up with the website of our own Francis Tang. Thanks for the link to the Yashicamat faq, Francis! ;) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs?
Last time I looked, a year ago or so, my Yashicamat meter was just fine. Does the deterioration depend on how much light exposure it receives? Would one last much longer if usually cased and in a bag and/or closet? Stan From: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:39:43 +0100 To: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: way OT: does Adorama repair TLRs? Sunday, November 25, 2001, 11:34:38 PM, Amita wrote: AG I have to go to Adorama tomorrow to get my 120 AG film developed. Might there be a chance that they AG could fix the light meter in my Yashicamat? Well, I don't know about Adorama, but I know few things about Yashica(mats), they use selenium meter and very big percentage of all selenium metered cameras have nonworking meters by now, or at least unreliable. Most selenium meters are aged and became unreliable - nonlinear (not that they were much linear at the startg). So even if it is fixable, it might not be useful much except in bright light, where you can use f/16 rule anyway, or an external meter. The very few selenium meters that _are_ linear and reliable even after 30 years of use is probably only the L398 incident meter... it works even where other selenium meters don't. I don't know how they did it but it works :) But of course, this is my opinion, you might want to have the meter working for whatever reasons. Frantisek - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
