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wlewisiii
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I thought you folks might get a chuckle out of this.
After going out for New Years Eve with the DP-1 not working, I decided that I wanted to go ahead and buy a working one from KEH. It took a couple of days for my money order to get there & then the snow in the Atlanta area kept FEDEX from picking things up - in the end it only arrived today.
Ironically, in the meantime the first DP-1 started working and has been working better and better as time goes by. It's about a stop off of my FTbN (a reading of f11/60 on the Canon is f11/30 on the Nikon. Another reading is f2/30 vs f2/15. A last one out the window gives the same f5.6/30 on both). The big foible with it seems to be the battery check button. Sometimes after pressing it it stops working. I press it a couple of times and it starts working again.
I also got a Type E focusing screen as I wanted to try it with my landscapes.
So once I figured out how to get everything swapped, I pull out the advance lever and the needle swings all the way over to the left and stays there pretty much regardless of how the lens & shutter speed are set 😕 I hit the battery test & it swings all the way back to far right stop. Not very useful.
The new one was advertised as working and I know KEH will swap it out no questions asked for cost of postage. OTOH, since the original is now apparently working within one stop (consistency being a greater virtue than absolute accuracy) perhaps I should just take the online DP-1 repair instructions and do the work on the second meter myself?
Thoughts & suggestions?
William
After going out for New Years Eve with the DP-1 not working, I decided that I wanted to go ahead and buy a working one from KEH. It took a couple of days for my money order to get there & then the snow in the Atlanta area kept FEDEX from picking things up - in the end it only arrived today.
Ironically, in the meantime the first DP-1 started working and has been working better and better as time goes by. It's about a stop off of my FTbN (a reading of f11/60 on the Canon is f11/30 on the Nikon. Another reading is f2/30 vs f2/15. A last one out the window gives the same f5.6/30 on both). The big foible with it seems to be the battery check button. Sometimes after pressing it it stops working. I press it a couple of times and it starts working again.
I also got a Type E focusing screen as I wanted to try it with my landscapes.
So once I figured out how to get everything swapped, I pull out the advance lever and the needle swings all the way over to the left and stays there pretty much regardless of how the lens & shutter speed are set 😕 I hit the battery test & it swings all the way back to far right stop. Not very useful.
The new one was advertised as working and I know KEH will swap it out no questions asked for cost of postage. OTOH, since the original is now apparently working within one stop (consistency being a greater virtue than absolute accuracy) perhaps I should just take the online DP-1 repair instructions and do the work on the second meter myself?
Thoughts & suggestions?
William
