I have an ancient Zelox flashmeter. some previous owner replaced the (I
believe selenium) light cell (having an 'electronics set' in the 70's
I'd call it a solar cell) with a silicon unit (with a trimming
resistor). If only... :) A well made bit of kit though!
davidt
On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 09:59:57PM +1000, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Thanks Chuck, I might give my 2 Westons a dose, shouldn't do any harm even
> though they seem to be working ok, might even prevent the onset of problems.
>
> ...Wayne
>
> >
> > Got any old cameras or meters using selenium cells? I ran across this
> trick this
> > morning on the Yahoo camera-fix list. Maybe some day I'll try it on my
> non-
> > metering first ever camera... a Petri 7s.
> >
> > "One other tip for anyone with any selenium cell light meter if you
> haven't
> > used it for a while, is to leave it in room light (NOT bright or
> > sunlight!!!) running for a week or two... George said that the cells
> develop
> > oxides while sitting in the dark that will "burn off" when exposed to
> light, and
> > give the proper output to the meter movement... He would take any
> > selenium meter brought in for calibration, and give it light exposure for
> a
> > week before any tweaking... "
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
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