Canonet 28 Meter Adjustment

[Harlee]

Any of you folks out there know what the meter reading on a Canonet 28 should indicate on a bright, sharp shadow day where a typical meter reading on a typical RF camera using DIN 200 film produces a 1/250 @ F11 reading?

The 28 doesn't indicate F stops, just shutter speed in the viewfinder. Should I assume that on a nice bright day using DIN 200 film, the shutter speed should indicate 1/250?

Removing the top cover on the 28, there is a reostate to adjust the shutter speed, but I don't know what it should read on a nice sunny day. I've noticed that when I shot DIN 200 film at 400, the edges of the picture are in focus. Therefore, I'm guessing that the shutter speed should be cranked up a bit.

I'm not sure how Canon has set up the meter on the 28, and if it adjusts the aperature to coincide with the shutter [ala Konica C35], or does it give preference to the shutter speed or to the aperature?

I have another 28 coming and I'll have opportunity to check my present camera against it, but in the meantime, perhaps someone out there has had the opportunity to deal with this problem.

 

[Harlee]

My 2nd Canonet 28 arrived yesterday and I took the opportunity to check it with my other 28, on which I adjusted the light meter. The amazing thing is that both of them were almost identical. My older one, the one I adjusted, needed to be tweaked just a tiny bit, to match my 2nd one. So, my theory was correct. I aimed it at an object where using the sunny 16 rule, I adjusted the shutter speed to read 125, since I was using DIN 100 film. If I had been using DIN 200 film, I would have set the shutter speed to 250.

As I said, the 28 I just received matched it up almost perfectly using the same film speed. Different batteries do give slightly different shutter speeds, but I used the same battery, 1.5V, in both cameras for checking them. Well, the proof is in the pudding, and as soon as I get my film back that will tell me the real story.