I don't know about the Vivitar V3800N, but in general with older cameras,
the light meter won't work with high speed film and slow shutter speeds.
The Canon AE1 won't meter under 1/8 with 400 speed film, and IIRC the K1000
won't meter right under 1/4 with 400 speed film. Maybe this is what you
friend is describing?
Todd
At 02:34 PM 5/27/01 +0530, you wrote:
>
>Hi all!
>I just want to know whether anybody used this body. If yes, I have a
>question regarding its lightmeter. A friend of mine told me that the
>lightmeter of Vivitar body (He used V3000) behaves non-linear with respect
>to the film speed setting. For example, you are getting an exposure value
>of f/4 at 1/60 s at a film speed of 400. If the film speed is increased by
>two stops keeping the aperture constant, the shutter speed should also
>increase by 2 stopes, 1/250 s but in his camera body it light meter didn't
>behaved in this manner for high film speed values. This is the case with
>V3000 but what is the situation with V3800N. Is the story identicle? That
>is what I am interested to know.
>
>With best regards,
>Ayash Kanto.
>
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