Try this:
Set camera at 1/60th, ASA 100, no lens attached. Point it at a 60W desk lamp,
meter (and lamp!) "ON", about 6" from the lamp. The needle should be just
about at the upper part of the "+/-" bracket.
Chris Linek wrote:
> Hi again
>
> This OM1n MD sn# 2064330 I bought. How do you tell if the meter is
> running accurately?
>
> Is there a quick test? Does a multimeter have any use here?
>
> I've been taking shots with it, and from my vast history of taking pics
> with an auto OM10, it seems to me to be out of whack.
>
> I guess I'll tell soon enough when I get the roll processed.
>
> John?
>
> BTW, once I get to Cobb and get a few US dollars together, I'll be sending
> all my bodies in for a CLA
>
> Chris in oz
>
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