Re: FED switch

[P3D Phil Spooner <phils@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In-Reply-To: <96111522422315936@xxxxxx>

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> 
> Phil Spooner asked:
> 
> ->Does anybody now if switching the camera to manual switches off the
> ->metering circuit?
> 
> Sorry, but I don't think it does. It's a long time since I looked inside
> my FED, but I think the battery/resistor/photo-cell/meter circuit is
> simply bypassed mechanically when you go into manual.
> 
> Bob Aldridge
> Stereoscopic Society Projectionist

Thanks Bob, I've been wasting my time turning it to manual then - an 
operation that has resulted in a couple of slides being given a half 
second exposure when I forget to turn it back to auto :-)

- Phil -
- phils@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -



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