Spotmeter V - Unresponsive

Hello all.

 

Heres the scenario. I bought a used pentax spotmeter about 3-4 months ago off

Ebay. It came in near perfect condition with the leather case et all. No

batteries but that was easily solved. So its working great and im metering like

a pro then suddenly about a week and a half ago it completely stops working.

Changed the batteries, still no response. The needle will not move from its

position on the far right of the viewfinder. It remains on its small circle no

matter what i do. I pressed the B battery check and still no response.The

strangest part is that the light for low light readings still works... Does

anyone have any clue what could possibly be the culprit? Or know a good repair

service (if possible at all).

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Zach

Many, many moons ago (ok, like 6 years ago) I had a similar problem. All I can recall is that I sent it to 'a place in Austin, TX.' I don't know if that piece of info is at all helpful, but at least it was repairable.

Hi:

 

You may have to send it into an authorized Pentax dealer, but my guess is that the light sensing photo diode is burnt out or damaged. Did you drop or shock the unit before this failure? It could be that the connection might be damaged and the device itself is okay. But don't quote me, I don't have the training or schematics for the unit.

 

Go to the Pentax US site and locate a dealer that way. It's your best bet.

 

Hope that this helps. Good luck.

 

Ed