Topcon Super D.

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>You're quite right, <strong>Brett</strong>; I've had a look at my EE and the system is as you've described. I don't have a Topcon RE with which to make a comparison, but this quote from Wikipedia regarding the RE suggests that it's the same procedure:<br>

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"The meter cell is actually incorporated in the camera's reflex finder mirror. This was accomplished by milling narrow slits in the mirror surface letting a fraction of the light through to the CdS cell placed just behind it."<br>

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So, in neither case is the light metered off the face of the mirror, but from cells within the construction of the mirror. I hope I've managed to get my head around it! I'll have to talk about "in-mirror" metering, in future...<br>

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[brett_rogers]

<p>I think you've summed it up well <strong>Rick</strong>. The light isn't metered from the mirror front surface of the Miranda, but it is picked up when it passes through the mirror to the cell attached to the back of it.</p>

[tony_lockerbie]

<p>Well, I learned something new, and as they say, the more you learn the less you know! Always thought that the meter was on the mirror...so there you go!<br>

Brett, you are quite right about the Exakta, very pretty, and the Contarex Bullseye is also a contender for chrome goodness. Maybe we should have a "chrome off" here on PDN.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

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<p> "Maybe we should have a "chrome off" here on PDN"<br>

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A fun idea, <strong>Tony</strong>! Why don't you kick it off for the weekend? It would provide me with the stimulus to polish up a couple of old cameras...</p>

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