35SP dead light meter

[simonSE15]

well my first try at meterless sunny 16 wasn't great. on an overcast day in London, using Sensia 400 at EV12 (1/250, F8) I was at least a stop underexposed. these cloudy days are tough, one minute it's sunny, then next it's cloudy and you've lost 4 stops. what I've learnt is that I still have a lot to learn!

at the end of the roll I cheated and used the sekonic and got these:

 

[John Hermanson]

New parts for the SP and SPn are long gone. Dead meter could be caused by a corroded battery wire, but often it is due to a dead cds cell or open meter movement. Only fix for those 2 problems is to swap in parts from a working camera. John, www.zuiko.com

 

[simonSE15]

learning to love this camera 🙂

 

[Anno]

John, Are the meters for SP and Spn interchangeable? I have a mint SP which has non-working meters and an average used SPn with working meters. The plastic tip of the rewind for SPn is also missing. If they are interchangeable, I then have the problem of whether I should sacrifice the SPn for SP. What a bummer!