Adorama Spot Meters

[david_gardner2]

I have a spot meter with the same housing as the current Adorama SP-

I and SP-II. I'm trying to replace the battery cover. I've heard

that these are/were made by Soligor, but neither Adorama nor Soligor

has shown any interest in selling me a cover; Soligor has claimed

that they no longer manufacture them, although Adorama still has

them for sale. Anybody have any ideas? Is Adorama actually buying

them from another manufacturer now?

[rdkirk]

Soligor was never a manufacturer, only an import company (lenses, meters, and other things). Adorama is probably your only source of information to whoever still manufactures them...will Adorama offer repair?

[david_gardner2]

Thanks for the info about Soligor.

 

Adorama has no interest in anything except selling me a new meter. They won't check into getting me the part, nor will they tell me who makes them. Since all I need is a battery cover, I'm somewhat reticent to shell out for a whole new meter. I understand their position (there's little profit to be made in selling me a small piece of plastic), but I would have hoped that they'd take the long view and make me a happy customer for future purchases.