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

distagon

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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!!
 
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.
 
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!!
 
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.
 
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).
 
KNPhoto said:
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.........
 
BlackCloud said:
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.
 
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