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on Aug 13, 2017 23:25:12 GMT
Posted: Aug 13, 2017 23:25:12 GMT
Hi! I have Electro 35 GTN for a few months now and noticed that lately it meters rather frantically. Meaning lots of pictures are either significantly underexposed or overexposed. Even two shots of the same subject taken in a row with almost the same conditions can come out one totally dark, and one white. I've bought it with battery in and so my first thought was that it could be dying battery. However it is my first journey into the realm of analog rangefidners so I was wondering whether it might be something else. Like pad of death? The camera is aesthetically in a very good shape, but of course that pad can be deteriorated after all that time no matter how used this camera was. Also I am in between rolls so good time to take it apart if needed. :-)
Can you think of any other issue aside from that battery that could cause my metering to be all over the place? Thank you very much!
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on Aug 14, 2017 2:16:15 GMT
Posted: Aug 14, 2017 2:16:15 GMT
Welcome to the forum Delltar. First thing to do with your camera is to check the battery compartment to see if there was ever any corrosion from old batteries in there. The corrosion could climb along the feed wire to the meter system, and over time eat it away, giving you that random over-under exposure due to resistance in the wire building up. If no corrosion is evident, then a good cleaning of the contact points in the well, and a fresh battery are called for next.
Then of course there is the pod issue. But I'm not sure how it would affect the meter reading though it could affect the shutter release. Sometimes it's a matter of the camera not having been used for quite a while, and the contacts on the shutter release get a bit dirty. Then you can do like fifty quick shutter actuation's to clean them off a little. Sticky blades from the lens focusing helical lubricant migrating to them could give you under exposures mostly, but over exposures are possible too. Check the blades closely to see if there is any oil on them.
Russ would have more knowledge of what your camera symptoms represent, so hopefully he'll chime in in a short while.
Again, welcome, and good luck.
PF
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on Aug 14, 2017 18:04:39 GMT
Posted: Aug 14, 2017 18:04:39 GMT
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