----- Original Message ----- From: "R Duarte" <ra...@rahji.com>
> So, I haven't gotten back my first roll yet so I'm not sure how/if the > images are going to develop. I'm a little concerned about the exposure > times... I tried using my light meter but the exposure times came out to > about 1/8 second in bright light (using the dial on the back of the camera). > Zernike gave me some helpful hints, including the fact that the 2 second > recommendation in the instructions for bright sunlight are based on 100 asa > film. I was using 160. So now I'm calculating the times for 100 asa and > they're still around 1/4 sec. Is it my light meter or am I doing something > wrong somewhere? When you meter an "average scene" under bright sunlight, your meter should give you an exposure of f/16 @ 1/100 secs or close to that (using ISO100 film). Your meter seems to be given you f/16 @ 1/500 secs or around that, way to off. Under non-cloudy day, the sun is virtually "infallible", take a meter reading using your SLR and comparare results. Guillermo
