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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: EOS EOS30 (Elan 7E) Manual Lens Exposure Problem
> > "Lo Billy" wrote:
> > ... when the lens is removed and with the camera body cap
> > put on and viewfinder blocked i.e. no incident light, the
> > camera gives a shutter speed of 4 seconds (instead of 30
> > seconds with the exposure indicator blinking on the left
> > hand side).
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Four seconds seems a bit long, even for ISO 6400! Can
> you exchange your two-week old camera for another?
>
> Your post prompted me to check my Elan 7E. With a body cap
> and viewfinder cover, my Elan 7E meter reads 30" at ISO
> 100. If I index ISO 6400, the meter reads 0.7"
>
> In other words, the camera is telling me the light level
> inside the camera is close to EV -6.5
>
> Canon's specifies the Elan 7 metering is correct between
> EV 1 and EV 20, so perhaps the meter cannot be believed?
> http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200010/200010.html
>
> Alternatively, is it possible that the viewfinder data
> display backlight be affecting the metering?
>
> Cheers
> Julian Loke
Hi Julian and Bill!
I checked my EOS 500 and it reads in P mode:
@ ISO 6400 1" (changing 0.7 - 1 and setling at 1")
@ ISO 100 blinking 30" (underexposing)
if I leave viewfinder uncovered reads (depending on the camera position
in odher words how much light is comming through the viewfinder):
@ ISO 6400 from 1/45 to 1/1000
@ ISO 100 form 1" to 1/15
So stick your face close to camera back!!! ;-)
Good light
Grega
http://fenko.8m.com
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