$19 shipped w/in the continental US for a fiddly spot meter with good innards. International is welcome. Don't hesitate to make me an offer, I know not what a low ball is.
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This is an interesting version of the Pentax 1° spot meter. As you'll see, the deepest plate of the calculator is calibrated for determining the frame rate of a Hycam high-speed camera, not typical shutter speeds. I leave it to the enterprising to figure out a solution for this! (the readout # is EV @ iso100)
As far as functionality, the extent of my testing has been to put in a typical 9V battery in it. Apparently this works for the low range and the mercury batter for the high range; naturally I have no mercury battery to test it with. The needle responded nicely and seemed to give reasonable numbers in the low range. I didn't test it against any meter for accuracy, but I'll just say that it seemed reasonable; EV 5-8 inside on a white wall (artificial lighting).
Now, however, the latch that opens up the 9V partition is not functioning very well, though someone with more patience than I could bend it back into place. There is some light corrosion around the battery areas, but as you can see the contacts themselves are quite clean.
Cosmetically very nice, lens is also nice and view finder is excellent. A great parts meter or project for the right person.
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This is an interesting version of the Pentax 1° spot meter. As you'll see, the deepest plate of the calculator is calibrated for determining the frame rate of a Hycam high-speed camera, not typical shutter speeds. I leave it to the enterprising to figure out a solution for this! (the readout # is EV @ iso100)
As far as functionality, the extent of my testing has been to put in a typical 9V battery in it. Apparently this works for the low range and the mercury batter for the high range; naturally I have no mercury battery to test it with. The needle responded nicely and seemed to give reasonable numbers in the low range. I didn't test it against any meter for accuracy, but I'll just say that it seemed reasonable; EV 5-8 inside on a white wall (artificial lighting).
Now, however, the latch that opens up the 9V partition is not functioning very well, though someone with more patience than I could bend it back into place. There is some light corrosion around the battery areas, but as you can see the contacts themselves are quite clean.
Cosmetically very nice, lens is also nice and view finder is excellent. A great parts meter or project for the right person.
