My Elan 7 and D60 do the same thing...I guess that's why they give you the little eyepiece cover on the camera strap (that I always forget to use =\ )...
--Alex B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Zabrovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EOS list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:59 AM Subject: EOS Strange behavior > Hi. > There is quite weird behavior of my EOS-3 metering I would like to get > advised about: > I run through certain metering test shooting 18% gray and white boards > whilst the camera is fixed on tripod. (I suspect there is the famous 2/3 > stop underexposure decease my camera is suffering from). > Well, I noticed that there is very high sensitivity of the metering to the > light passed through the viewfinder. When looking through it while > photographing (the eye is very close to the finder thereby almost blocking > the finder light leakage) there is certain exposure metered by the camera. > However, as soon as I back off leaving the finder open, the meter suddenly > jumps up about > 1.5 to 2 full stop towards underexposure from the initial metered value > (with viewfinder blocked from the light). This is very strange. I would > expect the metering system should be almost completely insensitive to the > light passing through the finder from the back of the camera > (there was no direct light beams from behind the camera), perhaps this may > be relevant only for long exposure at nights. The test was done during > daylight in open shade. > I'm really confused by that. > Did anybody experience such weird behavior of his EOS-3 ? > Any comments are welcome. > > I guess I should bring the body to the authorized service point to check it > thoroughly and adjust metering system. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
