broken lightmeter?

sampy · 07-02-2012, 08:11 PM

Hi all. I just went to shoot today with my Pentax ME super, after a couple of nice shots (with the light meter behaving fine)
I decided to take some shots ontop of a tower, my light meter was unable to read the correct exposure and the read light for over would flash up.
I then got off the tower and walked around, my LED's seemed feint and my camera would not give me the correct exposure for anything.. I tried changing my ISO dial as im shooting 200 iso film on an overcast day but my camera was still unable to read the exposure. I haven't replaced the batteries for a while, could it be as simple as that?
I did some test shots inside as i was able to get a reading, my camera read 125 and i took a photo and my shutter stayed open for something like 2 seconds, it was strange.

any help or advice would be appreciated.. I have some new batteries at home so i'm going to give them a try later tonight

KungPOW · 07-02-2012, 08:26 PM

Replace the batteries.

sampy · 07-02-2012, 08:33 PM

thanks! i was hoping it would be something as simple as that.

goddo31 · 07-05-2012, 02:43 AM

"my LED's seemed feint and my camera would not give me the correct exposure for anything.. "

Yep, that sounds like flat batteries to me.

07-02-2012, 08:11 PM	#1
sampy Inactive Account Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	broken lightmeter? Hi all. I just went to shoot today with my Pentax ME super, after a couple of nice shots (with the light meter behaving fine) I decided to take some shots ontop of a tower, my light meter was unable to read the correct exposure and the read light for over would flash up. I then got off the tower and walked around, my LED's seemed feint and my camera would not give me the correct exposure for anything.. I tried changing my ISO dial as im shooting 200 iso film on an overcast day but my camera was still unable to read the exposure. I haven't replaced the batteries for a while, could it be as simple as that? I did some test shots inside as i was able to get a reading, my camera read 125 and i took a photo and my shutter stayed open for something like 2 seconds, it was strange. any help or advice would be appreciated.. I have some new batteries at home so i'm going to give them a try later tonight

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07-02-2012, 08:26 PM	#2
KungPOW Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,699	Replace the batteries.

07-02-2012, 08:33 PM	#3
sampy Inactive Account Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10 Original Poster	thanks! i was hoping it would be something as simple as that.

07-05-2012, 02:43 AM	#4
goddo31 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,576	"my LED's seemed feint and my camera would not give me the correct exposure for anything.. " Yep, that sounds like flat batteries to me.