F8 should be 1/800

Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Over exposure with ME super on auto


> "Sunny 16" says f16 at 1/200 or f8 at 1/1600.
>
>     On auto, the camera may be confused with the grass and changing
> backgrounds. I would have opted for establishing an exposure based on the
> light available and used it in manual. The latitude of the film would have
> taken care of everything else.
>
> Bob Rapp
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> > Hi;
> >
> > Does anyone know how accurate the auto exposure is on an ME Super? I
> > processed a couple rolls of Fuji 200 I shot at a baseball game. All the
> auto
> > exposure shots look 1.5-2 stops over exposed, somewhat confirmed by the
> > exposure guide on my printer, though I don't particularly trust that. I
> was
> > shooting from the stands down onto the  playing field so no sky to skew
> the
> > metering. I was using a M 200/4.0 wide open or at 5.6 giving me shutter
> > speeds around 1/2000. I seem to remember a thread suggesting that the
fast
> > shutter speeds were optimistic on the camera. Any feedback from people
who
> > have used the ME super on auto with fast shutter speeds would be
> > appreciated. I did have the ISO set for 160 not 200 but that would not
> > explain that much over exposure. The C-41 plots were well in control
also.
> >
> > BUTCH
> >
> > "Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself"
> > Hermann Hesse (Demian)
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