Thanks for the feedback, Rob. I used the cap on the viewfinder and still have the same issue. I suspect you and W. Robb are on to something with respect to the meter sensitivity.
Tis a pity and a PITA. Thanks, Chris Niesmertelny > > > I broke out some non-A lenses to play with on the *ist D today and ran them thru > > some exposure tests. When pressing the green button in moderate to good light, > > it seems to be giving accurate exposures when the lens is stopped to f5 or > > larger. When stopped down further than this, it often actually shortens the > > time value, significantly underexposing the image. It seems to give only > > accurate readings when the time value is .3 seconds or shorter; anything where > > the actual exposure should be longer than this will not be exposed correctly by > > the camera, and in fact it will not set a time value slower than 1.5 seconds > > when even common sense indicates it should be a 3 or more second exposure. Has > > anyone else suffered this problem? I've done the basic stuff, checked the lens > > for defects (used all my non-A lenses, for example), cleaned the contacts on the > > camera, checked the program function. It's maddening. Any feedback would be > > appreciated. I'm dreading sending this off to service. Perhaps I've forgotten > > something in the operation? > > Two things to consider, firstly you have to be working within the cameras > metering sensitivity, working with stop-down metering vs open aperture limits > the range somewhat. Secondly when metering in stop down mode light entering at > the finder may cause a significant effect on metering. > > Cheers, > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
