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Update: Over the weekend, I was playing around with the lightmeter. It seems that the issue is intermittent, and for some reason, after a period of non-usage, I cannot just press the button to check the light; I need to do a battery test before the lightmeter will respond to checking the light...

Ok, so an update. After the cleaning and dismantling and feeling helpless when it still didn't work, I just sprayed the entire insides with 70% ethanol. After it dried up, somehow the lightmeter seems to be working, and the battery test results in the needle jumping into the blue zone...

I tried cleaning the contacts with ethanol. Same thing, during battery test, it only climbs to just the beginning of the black lines. There were times it jumped to the middle of the black lines, but I was unable to reliably replicate that with more cleaning. I even used sandpaper to try and sand...

Yeah, I did use the CR2032 and click-close the cover but still the same. I also did rub clean the negative contacts but not the positive contacts. Let me do that tonight and report back here again. Thanks for indulging my problems with this!

So I just bought a new CR2032 for the Sekonic Twinmate. Didn't work. I pressed the battery checker, and I remember it used to jump right to the end when there was power, but now it just climbs slowly in the first white space before the middle black lines, and stops at the start of the black...

Well, that's my plan for now... to get new battery and solder back a battery holder. Keeping my fingers crossed that it really is something to do with battery for the Twinmate. I really love it. Thanks @ricohflex for your input. Meanwhile, if anyone else knows if repairs are available, do drop...

Good morning folks, I just recently took out my lightmeters to play around with and found that they were both dead. 1) Sekonic L208 Twinmate This might just be a battery issue as I didn't have the right battery with me (CR2032), I inserted a slimmer one (CR2025), which technically should still...

Thanks, Madmax! Haha! I got SB800 too. :P Actually, my concern was not the nominal voltage at 3.6V. Rather, the full fresh charge voltage of 4.2V is more my concern. Truth be told, I tested with a few pops of the flash and it seems to work, but I'm not sure in the long run will it be bad for...

Hi folks! It's been some years since I last posted on this forum. Haven't had time for much photography, but trying to get back into it. So a rather niche question: anyone has any experience with the old SB-30 Speedlights using rechargeable CR123A batteries? Usually, these are 3.7V nominal and...

Sorry guys, price should be $450, not $400. Sorry sorry.

Apologies. Mistake in the post. Asking price is $1600, not $1400.

From the Varavon website:

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From the Varavon website:

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