help why does xpan show 1/8 second in lowlight?

[distagon]

hi all,
I borrowed my friend xpan II .
I loaded ilford delta 3200 into it.

i metered the low light scene with my canon eos 30. it shows 1 second exposure @f4 using the same film.

why does the xpan shows 1/8 with arrow pointing downwards?

when i fire the xpan, the shutter speed sound like 1/8 second instead of 1 second.
I am using the xpan on "a" mode.

help!!

 

[anglophone1]

Check whether the manual ISO selector has moved off the DX position......................or set it to 3200!
Clive

 

[Jamie123]

Maybe the XPan meters differently than the EOS 30. If the XPan's meter is center weighed and you have a lightsource at the center of the frame this could be the reason that the XPan gives you a higher EV.

Of course, this is only a guess. I've never used or even held an XPan so I don't have any experience with it.

 

[distagon]

i set the xpan to manual iso and rate the film at 1600.

nope the exposure values of the two cameras are too far off.

help!!

 

[KNPhoto]

The longest automatic exposure with the XPan II is 4 sec. The information you are seeing is notification that the camera cannot meter the scene because it's out of it's metering range at 1/8 sec.

 

[distagon]

:bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

then cannot use in low light alerady

 

[KNPhoto]

You can use the camera in low light situations. Don't depend on the camera's meter to read the scene. Use a hand-held meter (or go with your EOS 30 reading). Switch the camera to manual and set shutter speed for any exposure time up to 540 seconds (bulb for 8-540 seconds).

 

[BlackCloud]

The longest automatic exposure with the XPan II is 4 sec. The information you are seeing is notification that the camera cannot meter the scene because it's out of it's metering range at 1/8 sec.

The TTL meter goes to 8 seconds doesn't it? Or is that just on the dial. I forget.

As for some later posts, I've gotten some great shots w/ the TTL meter reading 1 or 2 sec. It doesn't stop @ 1/8 sec.........

 

[rogue_designer]

The TTL meter goes to 8 seconds doesn't it? Or is that just on the dial. I forget.

As for some later posts, I've gotten some great shots w/ the TTL meter reading 1 or 2 sec. It doesn't stop @ 1/8 sec.........

While the meter will read longer than 1/8th - it will not read light below a certain point - this is 1/8th at iso 3200 - that's not much light, and may well be below the xpan's sensitivity.

Use a Handheld meter, or the good ol' built in guess-timatic and manual exposure.