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Advice on Minolta Autometer IVF problem please.
Hi,
I have a Minolta Autometer IVF. Up until now I've only used it for ambient light metering, for which it has been fine. Now, at my photography club, we are starting a studio group, and here's where the funny situation starts.... Two other guys are loaning their studio flashes. My flash meter (IVF) seem to give different readings to their flash meters, by about 3 stops high (they read f/11 and my meter says f/32, in incident light mode.) Ok, so my meter is faulty, it would seem. But, at home I have a couple of smaller studio-style units (bit small for full body work, but ok for portraits and still-life) and with these the meter seems to read correctly. I've compared it with my Spotmeter F, firing the flash at a large sheet of card. So, any thoughts on what is going on here? I've also roughly checked the meter by firing the flash at a large grey card and working out the exposure from the guide number. Allowing for an optimistic guide number, it is in the right 'ball park'. Also, I've dug out an old portable flash and tested the meter with that, also ok. Now, the last point, which may be the telling one. All the above was done using reflected light metering. When I compare readings in reflected mode with those in incident mode, the incident ones are a lot higher (3-ish stops). Why is this? I aim the flash at a large grey card and measure the reflected light from about a metre away, then I put on the incident dome and measure again with the meter against the card, facing the flash. Should these not read the same, roughly? I can get the meter checked out and fixed by Minolta, but it's not cheap and I get the feeling that something odd is going on here. Probably mejust not understanding, bu all advice gratefully received. John |
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Advice on Minolta Autometer IVF problem please.
Hi All,
Update. I've been testing the Autometer IVF a bit more, and also found some stuff on the 'net. I found that there is a pin on the head of the meter which is pressed in, or not, by the various discs for different metering modes, and operates a switch that sets the meter accordingly. Well, I speculated that the switch might be dirty, and sprayed some contact cleaner all around it, and pushed it in and out a few times. It worked! Reflected readings (from a grey card) and incident readings are now the same, and I'm a happy snapper. John "John Fryatt" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a Minolta Autometer IVF. Up until now I've only used it for ambient light metering, for which it has been fine. Now, at my photography club, we are starting a studio group, and here's where the funny situation starts.... Two other guys are loaning their studio flashes. My flash meter (IVF) seem to give different readings to their flash meters, by about 3 stops high (they read f/11 and my meter says f/32, in incident light mode.) Ok, so my meter is faulty, it would seem. But, at home I have a couple of smaller studio-style units (bit small for full body work, but ok for portraits and still-life) and with these the meter seems to read correctly. I've compared it with my Spotmeter F, firing the flash at a large sheet of card. So, any thoughts on what is going on here? I've also roughly checked the meter by firing the flash at a large grey card and working out the exposure from the guide number. Allowing for an optimistic guide number, it is in the right 'ball park'. Also, I've dug out an old portable flash and tested the meter with that, also ok. Now, the last point, which may be the telling one. All the above was done using reflected light metering. When I compare readings in reflected mode with those in incident mode, the incident ones are a lot higher (3-ish stops). Why is this? I aim the flash at a large grey card and measure the reflected light from about a metre away, then I put on the incident dome and measure again with the meter against the card, facing the flash. Should these not read the same, roughly? I can get the meter checked out and fixed by Minolta, but it's not cheap and I get the feeling that something odd is going on here. Probably mejust not understanding, bu all advice gratefully received. John |
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