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     Santaji Tinkerer Username: Santaji Post Number: 17 Registered: 05-2012 Rating: N/A |
I'm having some slight issues with my Canonet QL17 (this is the "New Canonet" QL17 which does not have the GIII badge but is basically the same besides not having a check battery light) I bought my camera recently at an antique shop quite cheap, assuming it was non working, but when i put in a 1.45v p675 battery i found that the metering/auto exposure was working so i shot a test roll of 400 iso film. I compared the meter readings with my DSLR, and found that Canonet was over-exposign by about 1 - 2 stops, which is strange as with the higher voltage battery i'm using it's supposed to be underexposing. This was not a problem as when the film was developed all pictures looked properly exposed, But i have noticed some other strange quirks with the metering with this camera, I never get an aperture smaller than f8, even with the ASA set to 800, the slowest shutter speed and the camera pointed at a bright light source, the needle never moves below f8. Also, when moving the ASA selector down from 100 to 25 ASA, the needle drops down to a smaller aperture instead of wider. the metering in 25 ASA is the same as 800 ASA. 100 - 800 ASA work fine besides overexposing slightly, and not giving a aperture smaller than f8. What could be causing these issues? I'm mostly worried about the not getting small apertures issue. |