Kunstler
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Hello there guys I know this isn't a collector camera question, however since you guys deal with some related cameras, you might also be able to shed some light for me....
I've stumbled upon an Weston Ranger 9 (model 348) lightmeter...I got correct battery replacements in (Wein cells) and its operational...only I'm used to my digital lightmeters so I'm a bit dumbfounded on just one last bit of this lightmeter.....the high and low scales how and when to use which one...
I just took a reading of my computer screen on the low scale got 8.5...I switch to the high scale and take the same reading at the same spot and it drops...but down to slightly under 14....
so 8 is the same as 14? that doesn't make sense at all. Is the photo sensors gone bad? I don't know...I know its simple and I found a pdf manual however it doesn't say much other than "this is how you change between your high scale and low scale"
Any info would be stellar...I love my antique and vintage film cameras and well I felt like a cheap street walker on the corner using a digital camera as my light meter....so I couldn't pass up the 10 bucks at GoodWill!
I've stumbled upon an Weston Ranger 9 (model 348) lightmeter...I got correct battery replacements in (Wein cells) and its operational...only I'm used to my digital lightmeters so I'm a bit dumbfounded on just one last bit of this lightmeter.....the high and low scales how and when to use which one...
I just took a reading of my computer screen on the low scale got 8.5...I switch to the high scale and take the same reading at the same spot and it drops...but down to slightly under 14....
so 8 is the same as 14? that doesn't make sense at all. Is the photo sensors gone bad? I don't know...I know its simple and I found a pdf manual however it doesn't say much other than "this is how you change between your high scale and low scale"
Any info would be stellar...I love my antique and vintage film cameras and well I felt like a cheap street walker on the corner using a digital camera as my light meter....so I couldn't pass up the 10 bucks at GoodWill!