AEII Problems on ETR-Si

<p>Hi all,<br>

I tried searching online for a bit but cannot seem to find an answer to my specific problem.<br /><br />I have an AEII prism finder that I just received. I also possess two Bronica bodies, one ETRS and an ETRSi. When I half-press the shutter, the shutter speed readout on the prism seems to be accurate. However, when I actually press the shutter it seems that the shutter speed never goes below 2 seconds. I don't have the same problem on the ETRS body. I also tried with 2 different lenses in each case and the result is the same. Any clues? Thanks!<br>

Cyrus</p>

<p>new battery?</p>

<p>Wouldn't a dead battery default the shutter to 1/500? In any case, the battery's good. I have no problem with the manual settings. Only the AEII has a problem.</p>

<p>Is it the same when you use the AE lock button? I have had a similar problem with an ETR and the AEIII, if I pressed the button all the way down without stopping usually I was getting a 1/500 shutter speed. But the AEIII was not meant to be used with the ETR anyway. Maybe dirty contacts between prism and body?</p>

<p>My ETRS did strange things in terms of chosing shutter speeds with my AEII when it's battery was dying.</p>

<p>I have had a similar problem, and I think it was caused by bad contacts between the camera and finder. The shutter sometimes just fired at 1/500. The problem was solved by pressing the finder down with one finger. I replaced it with a rotary finder and a hanheld lightmeter.</p>