Canonet 28 meter question

[domromer]

When I put the 28 on the A setting the needle moves around like it's reacting to the light, when I set it to a certain aperture the needle is dead. It doesn't move at all. Any reasons for this? I'm new to the 28. I've only owned it for about 10 minutes! Bought it at the goodwill for 5$

 

[funkaoshi]

It's a shutter priority camera. If you set it to "A", it will pick the appropriate aperture for the shutter speed you've selected. If you pick an aperture, the camera will use that and the shutter speed you've selected to expose the shot. My canonet has a dead meter, so I may be making all this up.

 

[domromer]

If I pick an aperture on mine nothing happens. The needle does not move. Other than aperture I don't see how you could pick anything. All there is is focus and apertures.

 

[ghostganz]

The Canonet 28 exposes at 1/30s when it's not in 'A' mode, for some reason. So there's only the aperture you can control in manual mode. The meter only works in 'A' mode, so it's not supposed to move. Quirky camera...

 

[steverett]

The aperture settings are for using flash. Just keep it in A mode, unless it's a situation where you want to limit it to 1/30 (motion blur, etc), then you need a separate meter (or estimate) to set the aperture