Hello:

I realize I may have slightly overpaid ($100) on eBay for a Minolta
Auto Meter IIIF but it was in mint condition and I'm pretty excited
about using it. I have been testing it out and all the functions seem
to work like the manual describes.

Tonight I was testing out the flash measuring feature of the meter and
I came across something I don't quite understand. The meter has a
3-position switch for switching between ambient measurements, flash
measurements at 1/60 sec. and flash measurements at 1/250 sec. When I
fired my flash at the same distance from the meter when checking both
of the flash postions, the reading displayed the same suggested f-stop.
I believe I did everything correctly by waiting about a second after I
pressed the measurement button to fire the flash. Shouldn't this
suggested f-stop number change if the meter is set to 1/250 sec vs.
1/60 sec? I'm not too sure I'm clear on what the difference is in the
settings and the manual doesn't seem to go into that much detail.

Here is what I did:

- Set the meter to 1/60 flash measurement.
- Pressed the measurement button (side button) until the "F" appeared.
- Waited an additional couple of seconds.
- Fired the flash at a fixed output (1/64 power) and fixed distance and
noted the f-stop displayed.
- Set the meter to 1/250 flash measurement.
- Pressed the measurement button (side button) until the "F" appeared.
- Waited an additional couple of seconds.
- Fired the flash at same fixed output (1/64 power) and same distance
and noted the f-stop displayed.

In both cases, the suggested f-stop was the almost identical. Is this
correct and if so, am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance.

taco