brooklyn35
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Hey all,
Over the holidays my father bequeathed to me his 1972 Olympus OM-1. Its been siting in his closet for the better part of two decades and despite this appeared to be in great shape.
I went out bought a bunch of film and put a roll of b&w 400 ISO in my camera. I know that 400 ISO can be had to work with but I figured that with a high aperture and fast shutter speeds would make it workable. No mater what I set the camera at the light meter was telling me it was over exposed. Next I tired 200 ISO and half way through that roll I wondered if the battery powering the light meter was dead so I replaced it. The light meter seemed a tad more responsive but no dice. When I developed the roll all but 2 photos were over exposed. So I tried 100 ISO same story. Yesterday I put a roll of 50 ISO in and went to take a photo in broad daylight at F16 with a shutter speed of 1000 and the camera still said overexposed. I happened to have my DSLR with me and the photos came out great at F11 and 160.
So what is going on? Since this is my first film camera I don't have enough knowledge to trouble shoot it. Since the film is overexposed it's not just a light meter issue. Also, it can't be a film issue since I've tried several different varieties of film. I've tried three different lenses and same issues on all of them. Could it be something I'm doing wrong?
Over the holidays my father bequeathed to me his 1972 Olympus OM-1. Its been siting in his closet for the better part of two decades and despite this appeared to be in great shape.
I went out bought a bunch of film and put a roll of b&w 400 ISO in my camera. I know that 400 ISO can be had to work with but I figured that with a high aperture and fast shutter speeds would make it workable. No mater what I set the camera at the light meter was telling me it was over exposed. Next I tired 200 ISO and half way through that roll I wondered if the battery powering the light meter was dead so I replaced it. The light meter seemed a tad more responsive but no dice. When I developed the roll all but 2 photos were over exposed. So I tried 100 ISO same story. Yesterday I put a roll of 50 ISO in and went to take a photo in broad daylight at F16 with a shutter speed of 1000 and the camera still said overexposed. I happened to have my DSLR with me and the photos came out great at F11 and 160.
So what is going on? Since this is my first film camera I don't have enough knowledge to trouble shoot it. Since the film is overexposed it's not just a light meter issue. Also, it can't be a film issue since I've tried several different varieties of film. I've tried three different lenses and same issues on all of them. Could it be something I'm doing wrong?