I'm really disappointed that this issue could be the meter sensitivity running out. Am I the only person who has used a non-A lens on the *ist D and tried to take a long exposure picture? Anyone care to give it a try for me?
Best regards, Chris Niesmertelny ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:23 PM Subject: Re: *ist D - Exposure issues - lenses other than A > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Niesmertelny" > Subject: *ist D - Exposure issues - lenses other than A > > > > When pressing the green button in moderate to > > good light, it seems to be giving accurate exposures when the lens > > is > > stopped to f5 or larger. When stopped down further than this, it > > often > > actually shortens the time value, significantly underexposing the > > image. It > > seems to give only accurate readings when the time value is .3 > > seconds or > > shorter; anything where the actual exposure should be longer than > > this will > > not be exposed correctly by the camera, and in fact it will not set > > a time > > value slower than 1.5 seconds when even common sense indicates it > > should be > > a 3 or more second exposure. Has anyone else suffered this > > problem? I've > > done the basic stuff, checked the lens for defects (used all my > > non-A > > lenses, for example), cleaned the contacts on the camera, checked > > the > > program function. It's maddening. Any feedback would be > > appreciated. I'm > > dreading sending this off to service. Perhaps I've forgotten > > something in > > the operation? > > You are most likely running out of sensitivity on the meter. > > William Robb > >
