I was going to test in manual mode next time out but I'm not sure when thats going to be. We've had some unusally nice weather but the rest of this week looks dismal.
Anyway, I really do appreciate the help thus far.
Marc, the lens in use is an old Takumar so its manual all the way. Center metering is all I get. EV compensation as you suggested or going manual as stevebrot suggests also.
Thanks Steve, I believe your jupiter and my tak is going to respond in simular manner so I will try next time out.
I guess I was just curious why in such bright conditions a lens would behave like this. I would think I would have a problem
overexposing .
But if someone broke it down in some mathimatical equation I wouldn't understand it anyway.