griffster Posted October 19, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 19, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) My mom came by a few weeks ago with all my grandfather's old cameras. He was known as "El Cheapo", but there was still a lot of interesting stuff. A nice Olympus Trip, a Praktica and an old Exakta VX with a Telephoto lens taped on there. Also in the batch was this Leica light meter. I've stuck it to his Voightlander to nudge me into using the damn thing. Probably won't happen anytime soon though. Does anybody know anything about this particular light meter? Does it take a mercury battery? It still seems to function but the top plate is a bit bent. How filthily rich will this thing make me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lars_bergquist Posted October 20, 2009 Share #2 Posted October 20, 2009 A.f.i.k. this meter was made by Metrawatt, of Munich, who also later manufactured the Leicameter semi-coupled meters for the meterless M cameras. Now they make the Gossen line. This meter uses no damn batteries at all -- it is a selenium meter, so all the current the micro-ammeter needs comes from the meter cell itself. There is an attachment point for a booster cell for low light at the square end of the meter; selenium-type Leicameters also had booster cells. This meter was sold by Leitz New York in the early 1950's. The old man from the Age of Selenium Meters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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