rjg
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Post by rjg on Dec 11, 2016 15:27:23 GMT -5
I've been given an old Practika LLC with a Cosinon auto 2.1/55 lens. The body seems in good working order and the light meter seems to work with a new battery. The lens diaphragm works ok when checked off the camera and appears to stop down correctly when the shutter is fired but does not stop down to meter the exposure when the shutter button is halfway down. I had one of these many years ago so I'm keen to shoot a roll of film. Any suggestions about a fix? Or should I just pick up a second hand exposure meter?
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Post by camfiend on Dec 11, 2016 17:20:48 GMT -5
personally I think I'd be going for the seperate hand held meter, but then I've always looked for the simplest way out
Love those old Praktica's .... good luck
Bob
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 11, 2016 22:35:06 GMT -5
Have you switched the meter to stop down mode?  |
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rjg
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Post by rjg on Dec 12, 2016 10:06:23 GMT -5
Hi John. Yes, I checked that. Fortunately I had the user manual. Thanks for your interest. Richard
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Post by daveh on Dec 12, 2016 20:14:10 GMT -5
It's a long time since I've used my LLC.
The LTL has a stop down lever on the body. If I remember correctly on the LLC lenses there was a stop-down button on the lens itself and this has to be pressed to measure the exposure using stop-down (as there isn't a lever on the body - at least not that I can recall). I think that the half-press on the shutter button turns the metering on but doesn't stop down the lens. That is to say the shutter needs to be half-pressed at the same time as the lens stop-down button is pressed.(Mind you I can't recall using stop down metering as open aperture seemed so much easier all round.)
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Post by daveh on Dec 12, 2016 21:02:23 GMT -5
stop-down lever on LTL/MTL next to shutter button  LLC stop down button on lens - pretty impossible to see in this photo but its by the silver square closest to the base of the shutter release.  view of Oreston lens to show stop-down button  Photos done in a bit of a hurry so not the best sorry. I haven't a battery to test it out, besides which the aperture blades are sticking - well it hasn't been used for 30+ years. |
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 13, 2016 0:17:05 GMT -5
I bought an LLC in 1973, and the meter died a few years later. Around 15 years ago I checked out the electrics, and replaced the wiring. It worked for a few months, then failed again. It's probably not worth spending time on - I used a hand held meter with the LLC, for years.
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