Re: Richard Ritter's Cameras
I wish I could share in the enthusiasm expressed here about Richard Ritter and his work but I can't. I sent a Zone VI modified spot meter to him for calibration and I am not very happy about ihis work. Before I sent the meter in, I had a couple short questions for Richard that I asked him via email. He never responded to them. Just a few words by him would have answered the questions. Instead, he just sent an abrupt email back saying to send it in with a check for $75. When I got the meter back, it is reading over two stops off! It may be linear in it's readings but it is way off. I used to rate Tmax100 at E.I. 64 with this meter but now I have to rate it at 320! He did not respond to an email by me asking him about this. I didn't even want him to re-do it for free. I just wanted the meter to be properly calibrated. He is the guy who supposedly knows the most about this meter but he did a very poor job of recalibrating it. Also, I cannot excuse someone for being blunt to the point of rudeness with customers. I understand that he, like most of us, is probably very busy but he could at least respond to a simple question. No person in business should treat customers like that but I could accept that if he at least did a good job but, in my case, he did a bad job and he won't even discuss it.
I'll find someone else to calibrate it properly.