nizo exposure

johnny · Post by **johnny** » Sun May 04, 2003 5:13 pm

I see that in the viewfinder there are all the apeture settings, but I do not see any kind of meter telling me wealther or not my exposrue is correct for the apeture that I am usingl. Can someone plz help me?

Post by **Old Uncle Barry** » Sun May 04, 2003 6:48 pm

:-k Well either your lightmeter battery is flat or the indicator needle is stuck.Without these functioning you will not get any reading will you?
More seriously,but less likeley is that the metering system has packed up entirely.
Have you had any results off this camera at all and if so,what is the picture status?

Post by **Lucas Lightfeat** » Sun May 04, 2003 9:16 pm

What model camera?

New light meter batteries in?

Corroded terminals in battery chamber?

Lucas

johnny · Post by **johnny** » Sun May 04, 2003 10:19 pm

nizo 801. when I have it in manual I can see the needle move and that works fine. What I dont understand is this:

ex: on a still 35mm camera you can change the apature, and you will see a needle or somthing telling you if you are over/underexposed.

on my nizo, I see the needle (to choose the apature??) but what tells me if I am over/underexposed??

Post by **Lucas Lightfeat** » Sun May 04, 2003 11:21 pm

OK Johnny, first you make sure that the camera has not only the AA batteries for the motor, but also two watch batteries for the light meter. These go in on the underside of the camera body. The correct voltage required is not easily available anymore - though you have been supplied with links in this thread. In automatic mode, the needle tells you how it will expose. In manual, you set an apperture, and nothing will tell you how that relates to the calculated exposure. Most people use this by using auto first to acertain the required exposure, and then set it in manual.

I hope this helps
Lucas

Post by **Super4** » Sun May 04, 2003 11:21 pm

Example: The needle shows 5.6 in automatic mode. You then go over to the manual mode and turn the knob so the needle goes back to 5.6. Now you have frozen the exposure at 5.6. If you think 5.6 is slightly underexposing the film, youÃ‚Â´ll have to choose a number lower than 5.6

Sverre

johnny · Post by **johnny** » Mon May 05, 2003 7:49 pm

ok. This has all helped very much Thanks

every thing seems to be in order