How do I get my Nikkormat EL to stop smoking actual crack?
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Hi /p/, treated myself to a Nikkormat EL after I decided I didn't like juggling light meters on top of manual settings and focus on my Zorki-6 (well, at least not ALL the time).
Camera store guys were nice even though I was a massive sperg and I got a free Soligor 35-70 f 2.5/3.5 (no idea what a Soligor is but hey, it's free and I left all my camera stuff back home) along with a free neck strap.
:)
But wouldn't you know it, the metering is genuinely insane. I have some Ilford HP5 in here, 400 ASA, and my new friend thinks my girlfriend's dark apartment is the brightest place on earth and wants me to set my shutter speed to 500 at 2.5 aperture. I found I can compensate for it by going down to 25 (the lowest option on the camera) and it gives me values more in line with my other equipment. Which, this works for 400, but what if I want to use 200? I'm back to using an external light meter. Maybe I should've got the N8008s...
What do? Anyone have experience with the EL? I read the manual and couldn't find any mistakes I made. Is it the lens's fault? I didnt bring any other rabbit ear lenses on this trip, so I can't rule that out. Could it be a resistor inside that needs changed out? I will go back to the guys that sold me the camera tomorrow and see if they can help, and buy more stuff from them because they were nice to me, but who knows if that will pay off.
Any advice or abuse is welcome, thanks /p/.
