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johnnyrod · 08-06-17, 08:51 PM

Probably no point in saying this but... I thought you had a Werra already? Spent a bit of time looking at swapping the meter from Contessa to Contessamatic earlier. I think the "easiest" way would be to solder in the selenium bit, but I may have borked up the moving coil bit, I'm not sure. The top comes off easily, the meter and RF are linked to the barrel by levers, there are no sliding carbon tracks like in Copal shutters that can wear out. It should be possible to swap the entire top but one has an RF and not the other so it'd be a bit involved. Or I could sort out the shutter and sell it as working but no meter. Hmmm.

08-06-17, 08:51 PM	#3571
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras Probably no point in saying this but... I thought you had a Werra already? Spent a bit of time looking at swapping the meter from Contessa to Contessamatic earlier. I think the "easiest" way would be to solder in the selenium bit, but I may have borked up the moving coil bit, I'm not sure. The top comes off easily, the meter and RF are linked to the barrel by levers, there are no sliding carbon tracks like in Copal shutters that can wear out. It should be possible to swap the entire top but one has an RF and not the other so it'd be a bit involved. Or I could sort out the shutter and sell it as working but no meter. Hmmm.