Just realized my light meter was toast for 3 months

I kept wondering why all my rolls came back underexposed. Finally brought my old Sekonic to the camera shop on a whim and the guy laughed. Said it was reading a full stop and a half off. Now I'm using the Sunny 16 rule and honestly getting better results than I ever did with that broken meter. Has anyone else had a meter go bad slowly like that?

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elizabeth_williams7d ago

Oh man, that exact thing happened to me with my old Gossen! I was fighting with underexposed shots for like 2 months before I figured it out. Sunny 16 has been a lifesaver ever since.

robin_foster17d ago

Hey @elizabeth_williams, what was the final clue that tipped you off? I had a similar fight with a broken wire in my old Sekonic. Took forever to find. Was yours a dead battery or something more sneaky like bad contact points?