lilmsmaggie
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This past weekend was spent at Point Reyes National seashore in California, with an unsceduled jaunt to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
While shooting the beached fishing boat as well as other subjects, my X-700 meter's over/under range indicators kept flashing. I had never seen or experienced this behavior before. It took me several hours later to figure out what the camera was saying to me. Apparently, due to certain light conditions with certain films, you can exceed the meters range to determine proper exposure. I finally figured out that the meter was telling me to stop down to a smaller aperture, or use a ND filter to reduce the amount of light.
I was shooting with HP5+ using a 50-135 f3.5 Rokkor lens.
I was actually trying to take shots for a shallow depth of field assignment, so stopping down to me would have defeated the purpose.
Has anyone had a similar experience with other cameras?
While shooting the beached fishing boat as well as other subjects, my X-700 meter's over/under range indicators kept flashing. I had never seen or experienced this behavior before. It took me several hours later to figure out what the camera was saying to me. Apparently, due to certain light conditions with certain films, you can exceed the meters range to determine proper exposure. I finally figured out that the meter was telling me to stop down to a smaller aperture, or use a ND filter to reduce the amount of light.
I was shooting with HP5+ using a 50-135 f3.5 Rokkor lens.
I was actually trying to take shots for a shallow depth of field assignment, so stopping down to me would have defeated the purpose.
Has anyone had a similar experience with other cameras?