Other two bodies are LX and A3000.

It may just be contacts in the shutter speed dial. I
worked it back and forth a few times and it seems to
have gotten close to what the other two bodies are
reading. 

Where does one find this "grey card"? What is it,
how's it used?

Thanks. :) 

--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 7/17/05, Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just dug out my K1000 the other day and thought
> I'd
> > shoot a roll. Was looking it over when I
> discovered
> > it's metering differently than my other two
> bodies.
> > Looking at a given light source, at f/8 it wants
> me to
> > use 1/60th sec, my other two bodies with the same
> lens
> > want me to use 1/250th. All are set to ASA100.
> > 
> > Checked battery, it was a bit low... replaced it
> with
> > a fresh one, it's still off. What gives? What can
> I do
> > about it?
> > 
> > -Jon M.
> 
> What are your other two bodies?
> 
> IIRC, the K1000 meters the whole frame.  Maybe your
> others have
> centre-weighted or spot or matrix metering?
> 
> In any event, the advice to have it checked against
> a grey card, or by
> a shop is good advice.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 
> -- 
> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri
> Cartier-Bresson
> 
> 


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