On Dec 5, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > Playing around with the meter todoy, dipping in and out of the manual, I can > see I'm learn from it. The manual's discussion of exposure in terms of flat, > normal, and contrasting scences, and of the "brightness range" approach to > metering/setting exposure strikes me as a simplified zone system, with -- for > now, anyway -- just three zones instead of nine.
Damn! I spoke to soon. It appears the meter doesn't work. The sun came out a little while ago, and when I tried it out the needle barely moved. I thought the fact that previously it was "registering" on the low end of the scale was because it was overcast and I was indoors. Apparently it's not registering at all. Can this be? What is there to break? Might there be something I'm overlooking? The only control I see other than the dials you move around to get the exposure settings after you get a reading of the light value is a baffle on the back that you can flip over to get readings in low-light situations. It really is a beautiful little machine, but not much use if it doesn't work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
