jimpete

<p>Hey Rod, the two meters are pretty darned close with the same speed film so it most likely is some operater error that I will have to figure out. Thanks!</p>

<p>Thanks for the info Rod. I do have another camera and will check the meter off that. Good idea.</p>

<p> Thanks for the helpful answers. Yes D.O. it is possible the exposure compensation dial was bumped/moved, but I didn't notice that. I have noticed it is easy to bump this out with this camera so have to be careful with that. I have done that before. For David's response I am using color slide 100/120 fuji velvia so I guess the stuff about negatives and trying to have the printer compensate doesn't apply here. I agree that the meter can be hard to use with slide film. I have gotten better results with color using the AEL mode. Most of them are keepers. Maybe something to do with the shutter speed being stepless as opposed to when you use it manual. Is that true? I don't have a scanner or printer and am kind of poor so try to get it right the first time. Chrome in San Diego does my lab work. Anyway, back to my black and white. The rolls I took were pretty much in normal lighting. I wasn't trying to do anything fancy. They should have come out fine. They were sent to the lab not all at once but at different times and they were all overexposed. Pete, it is possible that the lab screwed up on all of them, but I am now leaning to some sort of operator error. I will just have to be more careful and may have to "opt out" of the camera meter like David and do own spot metering and use a light meter. I'll just have to go out more and get more in tune with the camera. I have heard of salvaging overexposed black and white transparencies. Would you try to fix it in the scanner or printer stage? Also, am new to this forum and have enjoyed learning about the Mamiya from you folks the last few months. I have the 80 only, but I am a landscape guy and it isn't wide enough. Hope to get both the 65 and 43 someday! Want to make 16X20 prints. Jim </p>

<p> My exposures on my Mamiya 7 11 are fine for color film using the in camera meter, but I am having trouble with using black and white. I just started trying black and white. I am using Ilford Pan F 50 and using the AEL mode. The ISO setting is definitely on 50. I have wasted three rolls and am scratching my head. Everything comes out way over exposed (about two stops) and not useable. Any thoughts or advice? I am going to try some 100 black and white film. Maybe it will be easier to use, but really shouldn't be any reason why I couldn't use the 50. Thanks for any help. Jim</p>