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Oh hell yea.. i have finally got one of these bad boys :mrgreen:
I have had an eye out for a Yashi matt for a few months now... i have bought several TLR's since, but i finally won an ebay auction over the weekend and it arrived today. Im happy to say its in great condition for its age and i only payed £50 for it! which i think is a good deal.
Thing is, the seller said that she didn't think the light meter worked very well (which is probably what put other ebayers off), but im not so sure.
It does tend to jump around alot and spends most of the time just not responding, but;
Im not even sure she knew a great deal about cameras, so firstly i don't know if she realized it could need a new battery for the light meter.
Second, it has a 1.5v Alkaline battery in it, and so far from what i have read, it used to take 1.3v mercury batteries (which are now unavailable) so there could be a compatability issue there?
I have read a little about these Weincell mercury replacement batteries, anyone use those? do they do a good enough job?
Other than that i guess i could have it looked at, but im not sure i can be bothered with the expense... i have a seperate light meter anyways, but it would be nice to know that the built in one works ok.
I have had an eye out for a Yashi matt for a few months now... i have bought several TLR's since, but i finally won an ebay auction over the weekend and it arrived today. Im happy to say its in great condition for its age and i only payed £50 for it! which i think is a good deal.
Thing is, the seller said that she didn't think the light meter worked very well (which is probably what put other ebayers off), but im not so sure.
It does tend to jump around alot and spends most of the time just not responding, but;
Im not even sure she knew a great deal about cameras, so firstly i don't know if she realized it could need a new battery for the light meter.
Second, it has a 1.5v Alkaline battery in it, and so far from what i have read, it used to take 1.3v mercury batteries (which are now unavailable) so there could be a compatability issue there?
I have read a little about these Weincell mercury replacement batteries, anyone use those? do they do a good enough job?
Other than that i guess i could have it looked at, but im not sure i can be bothered with the expense... i have a seperate light meter anyways, but it would be nice to know that the built in one works ok.
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