tony_webster1

<p>Shot with a 50mm 1.2L and an Ae-1 Program Its a 1974 Pontiac Grandville</p> <p><img src="http://www.twebster.org/sample5.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p>Shot this with an FD 800mm 1.2L and an extender. I was using Fuji 400H pro to mess around but I will try iso 100 film down when I get another opportunity. Shot with with my Canon A1</p> <p><img src="http://www.twebster.org/sample1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Shot with a Canon T90 and at 85mm 1.2L using Kodak Portra 400</p> <p><img src="http://www.twebster.org/sample4.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p>Shot with my canon New F1 and a 400mm 2.8L Telephoto</p> <p><img src="http://www.twebster.org/sample2.jpg" alt="" /></p>

Yes Alan that's exactly what happened!!! All of my film bodies are in excellent plus to like new condition. All of had CLAS recently. The A1 and New F1 were always stored in a cool dry place. They are in like new condition but I did have to get are classified done on the A1 as I had the shutter squeak issue. The new f1 was like new out of the box and needed nothing but are fixed meter. My ae1 Ae1p and my three T90s were bought at keh this year in excellent plus or like new condition.....so they all work perfectly. I tested them out in the same conditions lenses iso etc all of them are really spot on without much if any difference. For the hell of it I tested the f1 meter against a canon 7d and my old Sony alpha 850 body.....the f1 was spot on with them. Again the stop down button working in the opposite way as the a series cameras is what messed me up. I ran a roll of film through the f1 I was 36 for 36 in getting amazing exposures. It was a good thread though as I've learned a lot from everyone posting even if I did make a dumb mistake lol Tony

<p>Gordon thats exactly what happened and man its spot on accurate now. I forgot I had to push IN the stopdown button for the camera to work normally. I was using it before I had the meter fixed to do a lot of my night photos of buildings......i was using it in manual mode so I never had the meter fixed until 2 weeks ago :)</p>

<p>Ok so.......let this be a lesson to me for not paying attention. I am sort of a new school person who loves old school stuff but this camera totally threw me off. I was used to my T90, AE1s and the A1.</p> <p>Anyway thanks for all of your help but I figured out the issue. The stop down button wasnt pushed in. So in other words the red line was out and it was throwing me off as to why I wasnt getting the readings I thought I was going to get. Once I realized with the button pushed in it worked properly it was spot on with all of my FD cameras and ironically super close to my Canon 7D.<br> <br />So when pointing my camera at a gray card I needed an fstop of 2.8 and shutter of 60......ALL my cameras read the same thing. Even my digital. Now I feel dumb :)</p>

<p>I have the original manual but its kind of confusing for me.....For example in shutter priority where the lens aperture is set to A. and the stop down button isnt pushed in...... For optimum exposure where should the meter be at? In the middle where the 5.6 is on the right?<br> <br />For example if I point the camera at my wall right now with a shutter speed of 60 the meter is right in the middle where the 5.6 is at. Does this mean its an optimum exposure?</p>

<p>Battery seems fine. I think I am confused how to read the meter on this thing. In stopped down full manual whereever the aperture needle is.....I need to set the shutter speed so the needle is IN the little circle? How do I read the meter in say shutter priority?</p>

<p>Before I say anymore.......how do you read the meter on this camera properly? This may sound stupid but when I put it into full manual in stop down mode it seems to be spot on with all my cameras and their readings. Maybe I am misreading this thing when in shutter priority?</p>

<p>My A1, AE1P, T90 and my Sony Alpha 850 all give the same readings.</p> <p>So if I have to have the meter calibrated how do they do that?</p> <p>-Tony</p>

<p>Rick, I used the same lenses on both cameras. How do you setup an AE-1P, An AE-1 or say an A1 or T90 to meter just like the F1?. Maybe the F1 is spot on and im reading too much into it.</p> <p>JDM: So are you saying all these cameras meter differentially?</p> <p>When i had the camera in the sunlight I pointed it in a few random directions and it was right on with the sunny 16 rule at 100 iso (125 f-16). Maybe that's a sign? </p>

<p>Yup so my AE-1 and New F1 get the exact same meter readings, for example with an F stop of 5.6 and a shutter speed of 15 seconds they read identical, whereas the other 3 read 15 seconds and 4.0. in manual mode. (AE-1P, T90, and A1) So should I assume its just the way the F1 reads light and thats its different than the others? I supposse running a rikll of film through it to find out can always happen :) <br> My AE-1 (the original one). takes perfect pictures. Worse comes to worse theres always the exposure comp dial too.<br /> <br> What do you guys think?</p>

<p>You know all of these bodies have their own quirks and such which is why Iw ant to ask before I throw a roll of film in. It could also mean maybe my meter needle is off?</p>

<p>Well I dont know again, does this camera read light differentally than the others I listed? Its almost spot on with my original ae1. In aperture priority the meter almost seems off but in shutter priority it doesnt. Again im not as familiar with the new F1 as I have barely used mine.</p>