Originally posted by Nesster +1 on what Colton says - in fact f/11 @1/500 is what I also use... just drop 2 stops for shade shots, and you're good to go. This in fact has some thought - it's sort of rating the film at ASA 125 (or a third stop off of ASA 160)... But vintage cameras that top out at 1/500 or less is why God made ASA 200 and slower films
But with the Electro it's auto exposure. I don't have a working Electro any longer, but as I recall you'd just get progressively brighter / over exposed shots, rather than blanks. Did the meter light go on to show over exposure? That is a mystery.
Thanks for the feedback Nesster and Colton; I'm going to shoot another roll of XP2(and one color) this weekend. Mid roll, I had six blank shots (no lens cap) preceded by three great images (and the blanks from loading); then several underexposed shots, and then a good shot or two, then underexposed. I had the camera serviced, etc. two years ago. I don't recall the meter light coming on while shooting, but checking it with no film the over/under lights do come on. Battery is an A544 in a Yashica-guy adapter. The battery came out of another camera I'd used the weekend previous. The 5th shot had a blank area on one side of the print.
I'll shoot the color first, run it to Walgreen's...and go from there.