Is the Bessa RF meter acurate?

[manics_73]

any Bessa RF users experience this?
just got my slide from the lab and notice most of them are under exposed.
film used was kodak E100GX.
is it my fault of bad exposeure or the camera metering?

btw B&W negatives turns out are okay...

[sfhuang]

Originally Posted by manics_73 any Bessa RF users experience this? just got my slide from the lab and notice most of them are under exposed. film used was kodak E100GX. is it my fault of bad exposeure or the camera metering? btw B&W negatives turns out are okay...

I encountered the same problem before. So I always open half to 1 stop above what the meter indicates as proper exposure.

[manics_73]

Originally Posted by sfhuang I encountered the same problem before. So I always open half to 1 stop above what the meter indicates as proper exposure.

Just check with my lightmeter, my bessa RF is 2 stops under...
however when shooting with B&W negatives, it doesn't have much effect.
anyway i can correct this fault?

[Ansel]

Originally Posted by manics_73 Just check with my lightmeter, my bessa RF is 2 stops under... however when shooting with B&W negatives, it doesn't have much effect. anyway i can correct this fault?

Negative in general have got very good latitude and you may not be able to detect any error in metering if it is just one or two stops. For slides it shows and 2 stops is bad! Either get it re-calibrated or just compensate yourself by selecting an ISO two stops lower than the correct one.

[morganoh]

I had the same experience too, Both my Bessa R and L are under by 1 stop.

Most of my pics are underexponse,

BUT, there is one thing that I do not understand. I bought a Light meter and did a comparision between the camera and meter. It shows the same metering. BUT BUT why are my pics underexponse???

Anyone can explain this????

[kex]

it depends on how u use the light meter too.
perhaps u can try to spot meter a white wall and compare the reading to the meter in the RF ?

[XXX Boy]

Originally Posted by kex it depends on how u use the light meter too. perhaps u can try to spot meter a white wall and compare the reading to the meter in the RF ?

You are right, it depends on where u take metering from. If I am not wrong, Bessa RF and most manual cameras uses centre-weighted metering only.
I do owned a Bessa L before and I don't have any problem with the meter. If your problems still exist, then you might consider to have your Bessa checked.