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     Waynemel Tinkerer Username: Waynemel Post Number: 176 Registered: 08-2009 Rating: N/A |
It sounds like the light meter in your camera may not working properly. It is not responding to the amount of light and therefore it assumes the light levels are too low. I would test this again with a very bright light source. Move the camera very close to a bright lamp and see if the red flag still comes up. If so, then it may be the selenium cell, or a broken electrical connection. If it doesn't come up, then the cell is sensing the light, but reading low. As far as the "2.8" setting, from what you described, it is operating as it should. The aperture settings are for use with flash. I think the camera defaults to a shutter speed of 1/60th or 1/250th second based on light levels. The red flag will not come up when not on "A". Of course, if the metering circuit is faulty, your camera will probably always fire at 1/60th when in flash mode. |