I am not happy.
Got my pics from a recent camping trip and some of them do not look good. I
think I need your trusted opinions on how the meter operates on the OM1.
I use the tripod religiously. So I put the camera on it, turn on the
lightmeter, focus and?tap gently the top plate of the camera. The light
reading changes ( the needle moves) by at least half a stop.
Now about the pictures in question:
I took a series of three pictures of my son trying to cut wood with an axe.
The motion of his hands were supposed to be blurred, so I set the shutter speed
at either 1/8 or 1/15. When this particular pics came back, they had an
yellowish cast as if I had an yellow filter in front (do not ask me how I know
how color pics shot through yellow filter look, I just know from experience,
trust me, a first hand experience I promised myself I would never talk about?).
Looking at the film I think they are slightly unexposed. I know that when you
underexpose the Fuji Superia 400, the colors get muddy, but I always set my
film speed at 320. Also looking at the other pictures, I notice the following
trend: If the pictures were taken in bright light conditions, they were OK, but
I know that when it comes to speeds of 1/30 and lower, the pics look like they
have been underexposed. Of course they came to me fine, but this is the work
in the lab. I have taken enough pictures under mixed conditions with this film
and know how the underexposed areas look like. These pics look the same
(meaning the colors are muddy and the graininess increased).
I know what your first question would be: did you have it converted, yes, the
camera meter was dead and when It was fixed, it got converted. After it came
back, I ran a slide film through it, but the conditions were not various and I
am sure that the lowest speed I used was 1/60. I also think that the needle
deviates more now. To be fair, it exhibited the same behavior before the meter
died, but the deviation was within 1/3 of a stop.
So what do you think? Has my meter become like the meter on the OMPC? You
can?t trust it in low light conditions?
I am not happy, might switch to MF?Boris
P.S. If I managed to offend you with this email, contact me off list please, I
will send you the ?Disclaimer?.
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