patriklockne
Newbie
I recently bought a Minolta AL-F. It's in very good external condition and I really like the feel of it.
After shooting almost two rolls I realize the metering must be off (or perhaps it was OK from the start and changed). When comparing to the metering to one of my digital cameras the AL-F seems to overexpose by 1,5 steps. I'm waiting to get two rolls of Tri-X back from the lab, and will soon know for sure if it did.
Now, if it does overexpose, what can I do? I'm seeing a few alternatives:
1. Adjust the ASA setting accordingly. The problem is it has a max setting of 500. If I'm lucky and it doesn't overexpose too much that could equal around 200. That could work in daylight, I sometimes shoot Tri-X at that anyway. It would however be somewhat limiting.
2. Replace/adjust the meter. Is this even possible?
3. "Hot rod" the meter. It seems you can stack a few batteries and thus make the meter more sensitive (http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00TAur).
Any thoughts on this?
I'm in Beijing, China, by the way. I speak a little Chinese, and think I could explain the need for a repair, if I can find someone who is able to do it.
(BTW - it came with a Varta 625-like battery. I've also tried with a new one. Same result.)
/Patrik
After shooting almost two rolls I realize the metering must be off (or perhaps it was OK from the start and changed). When comparing to the metering to one of my digital cameras the AL-F seems to overexpose by 1,5 steps. I'm waiting to get two rolls of Tri-X back from the lab, and will soon know for sure if it did.
Now, if it does overexpose, what can I do? I'm seeing a few alternatives:
1. Adjust the ASA setting accordingly. The problem is it has a max setting of 500. If I'm lucky and it doesn't overexpose too much that could equal around 200. That could work in daylight, I sometimes shoot Tri-X at that anyway. It would however be somewhat limiting.
2. Replace/adjust the meter. Is this even possible?
3. "Hot rod" the meter. It seems you can stack a few batteries and thus make the meter more sensitive (http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00TAur).
Any thoughts on this?
I'm in Beijing, China, by the way. I speak a little Chinese, and think I could explain the need for a repair, if I can find someone who is able to do it.
(BTW - it came with a Varta 625-like battery. I've also tried with a new one. Same result.)
/Patrik
rolleistef
Well-known
Did you check the battery voltage? It might be a 1.5V post-mercury battery, instead of the 1.35V the meter needs...