[rollei_list] Re: Selenium Meters, Yet Again

On Friday, April 29, 2005, at 08:48  PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> Argh. You spent $30 on a $5 meter?

I didn't know I could get one for $5! Not that it matters, though: I 
can easily afford to spend $30 on my one and only light meter (well, I 
don't count those which come as integral parts of a couple of my 
cameras.) Each of my PRINTS often costs me more than $30, and the cost 
of just two Velvia 50 rolls of 120 film costs more as well.

> The selenium cells rarely wear out unless they suffer leakage: 
> humidity kills them. They are more frequently killed by a failure of 
> the fairly fragile mechanical innards.

Ah. I didn't know. I thought they just wore out with too much light 
falling on them. My mistake.

Cheers.






























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