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Author Message   Mareklew Tinkerer Username: Mareklew Post Number: 252 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 05:33 am:    Another idea: if you use the automatic mode and it 'thinks' your film is much more sensitive than it is (say, it 'thinks' it's ISO3200 and you have ISO100 in there), then the result might be like what you described. Give it a simple test: set ISO100 on the camera, put f:16 on the lens and shoot with back open out of your window on a clear sky sunny day. The shutter should open and close, at least half of the frame should be open before the shutter starts closing again. If you see but a slit running past your eyes, then the exposure meter is off due to some reason... Marek