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Isn't there a hand held light meter with the pentax as well (its in a little leather case with a push stud if I recall correctly), you could use that to back up the pentax metering .
(edit : I confused myself , its stuck on auto anyway which is essentially AV - so if you are selecting an aperture the camera should select a corresponding shutter speed anyway without you needing to 'meter' per se ... if the shots are coming out too bright that would suggest that your aperture was too wide even at 1/8000 which seems a tad unlikely... what is more likely would be that the ISO set on the camera isn't corresponding to your film - if you set the camera to iso 100 but use an iso 400 film for example , the shots will all be 2 stops over exposed
Alternately the exposure meter could be inaccurate - it is after all older than you are)
Focussing wise - manual focus does take a little bit of getting used to, if you are used to AF - its a good move to use the distance markings as a guide. Also if you are shooting without your glasses remember that the viewfinder doesn't have the dioptre adjustment that you find on modern DSLRs
and btw regarding B&W film my favourite is probably XP2 which is a black and white film that is developed in colour chemistry - while that means you can't dev it at home as easily it does mean than you can whang it through any supermarket minilab which is often more convenient
(edit : I confused myself , its stuck on auto anyway which is essentially AV - so if you are selecting an aperture the camera should select a corresponding shutter speed anyway without you needing to 'meter' per se ... if the shots are coming out too bright that would suggest that your aperture was too wide even at 1/8000 which seems a tad unlikely... what is more likely would be that the ISO set on the camera isn't corresponding to your film - if you set the camera to iso 100 but use an iso 400 film for example , the shots will all be 2 stops over exposed
Alternately the exposure meter could be inaccurate - it is after all older than you are)
Focussing wise - manual focus does take a little bit of getting used to, if you are used to AF - its a good move to use the distance markings as a guide. Also if you are shooting without your glasses remember that the viewfinder doesn't have the dioptre adjustment that you find on modern DSLRs
and btw regarding B&W film my favourite is probably XP2 which is a black and white film that is developed in colour chemistry - while that means you can't dev it at home as easily it does mean than you can whang it through any supermarket minilab which is often more convenient
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