On May 27, 2003 04:33 pm, Bob Walkden wrote:
> The main disadvantage is that you have to use a slide to cope with
> 'extremes' of light - ie, outdoors in daylight, or indoors or low
> light. The slides are easily lost, although I admit I've never lost
> one, and difficult to replace; at least, I haven't been able to get a
> spare. Also, the material the slides are made from is quite soft, and
> the place where the slide attaches to a kind of clippy thing on mine
> has now broken, so it's slow, difficult and quite painful to get the
> slide out once it's in.
>
> Finally, the dome is also detachable so you can replace it with a flat
> thing and other little bits & pieces, but again, these could easily
> all get lost. In contrast, modern meters have a retracting dome.
I think all the little parts are available from B&H or I guess any other
dealer. The problem is the cost. If you had to replace all the items it's
almost 1/2 the price of a new meter. Might make more sense to find a broken
meter with good slide etc.
Nick
