first roll through my canonet QL17 GIII

[kippaxaus]

Hi
I have just put a roll through my newly acquired QL17 GIII, I'm using the MR9 adaptor, I was happy with a few of the shots, but found the exposure wrong on a few as they could have been better. I used the camera on the auto setting and just chose the shutter speed. I'm not familiar with the camera so maybe my shots will improve in time. Any body with a few tips out there? what I might be doing wrong?

Cheers David

 

[Dougg]

David, looking very good! I particularly like the first two, though for different reasons not related to the specific camera but related to your own good eye. These three seem not to show the exposure errors you mention. Any meter can be "fooled" when the subject's reflectance is far from average, or in some strange light conditions, and here incident meters and/or personal experience can help get the results you want.

 

[dmr]

Any body with a few tips out there? what I might be doing wrong?

I would suggest you shoot several rolls under average conditions and get an idea of how your particular camera with your chosen battery performs. If you notice that it's consistently off, you can either calibrate it or fudge it by adjusting the ASA/ISO to compensate.

I've been using mine for about a year now with the "wrong" battery, a topic of endless-loop debate here, and it consistently agrees within 1/2 stop of my Pentax K1000 and does a good job even on Kodachrome, which can't take a joke, so to speak. 🙂

Your examples look fine.

I'm attaching an example where it looks like the averaging meter did its job, but the bright highlights on the fountain were overexposed and washed out. Do remember that the meter is suggesting an exposure, not commanding it. 🙂

Hope this helps. 🙂

 

[kippaxaus]

Thanks for the advice and encouragement guys.

 

[kippaxaus]

Thanks for the advice and encouragement guys.