<p>I suspect I might be having a similar problem with an AV-1 that I recently acquired (although I'm still only a couple of frames in on the film, so we're yet to find out for sure!) The needle seems to indicate an unusually high exposure for the conditions. Regardless of whether I'm indoors or out, and seemingly regardless of the light conditions, it clicks up above the red overexposure mark on any f stop lower than f8, after which the needle drops down to a minimum of 500 at f22.<br>
I'm running ISO100 film, and the ASA dial is set accordingly. Stopping it up or down by changing the ASA dial only changes the needle marginally - down to 125 at ASA 25, f22. This seems consistent regardless of the light conditions.<br>
Could it be a problem with a sensor? Or is there a high and lower limit on the needle than needs to be adjusted to "true" it to the correct range? I've read elsehwhere that the battery could be cooking the needle higher than it should be, but I'm just using the recommended 6v battery...<br>
I may have to see how this first roll turns out, but in the meantime - any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
