Exposure Problem (?)

On 30 Oct 2004 15:14:32 -0700,
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Both rolls of film each have a few frames that are proper?? Or just
one of them? One simple way to check the battery is to replace it.
Voltage tests don't always tell the story as most (digital) meters
don't put the proper load on the battery to actually check for a
drain. The meter you are checking the battery with may require far
less current than does your camera meter. One advantage of the Mercury
batteries is they just went dead (for the most part), no in between
degradation.

If the battery doesn't solve your problem, perhaps the meter contacts
have been contaminated, the shutter is erratic, you didn't actually
expose for asa 1600, they screwed up the processing, etc.. I don't
know enough about your particular camera to help much further. Is the
shutter in the lens or is it a focal plane shutter?



It's a metal focal plane shutter. Mechanical not electronic. I know
for sure that I set the camera correctly to 1600 asa as I put another
film in it the other day and had to switch it back to 400 asa.

The shutter has never been erratic before but I suppose it's possible
something has gone wrong with it in the 4 weeks since I previously ran
a roll of film through it.

The meter contacts being contaminated -- that's a possibility.

The new battery ought to arrive tomorrow and I can check it then.

Matt