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I just bought an old Honeywell Pentax at the thrift store for $6.99 (the service date listed on the sticker inside the back panel is 1973). I blew 5 bucks on a new battery for the analog light meter that came with it, but the needle won't move so I'm assuming the meter is broken. Is there a way to futz the aperture settings for common light conditions? Could I just guess the level of light and set generalized shutter speed and f/stop levels to compensate? For example, 1/30 and f/11 in indoor light, 1/30 and f/5.6 in sunlight, etc? You can probably tell that I don't know much about photography. All I'm looking for are pictures that come out decently enough that I don't lose a lot of detail and can Photoshop them to a reasonable level of quality. I don't want to buy a new light meter or anything, since I've already spent twice the cost of the camera on film and a battery and then there's the cost to develop the film why didn't i just buy a $90 digital camera at wal-mart argh
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Aug 12, 2009 23:35
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Ah, thanks. 1/60th and f/4 at ISO 400 would be 1/30th and f/4 at ISO 200, right? Another question: Exposing undeveloped film to 60 watt lights and touching it with my hands is a sure-fire way to irrevocably gently caress it up, right? i.e. opening the back of the camera in a lit area when film is loaded is a bad idea?
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Aug 13, 2009 00:27
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