Impulse Buy / 2 SLR's / Sigma SA-9 and SA-7n

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bvy said:
Yeah. Weird, huh? Batteries seem okay. Could it be the lens?
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Don't know, very odd that all 3 are off by the same number of stops. I think the light meter sensor is in the body not the in the mirror prism box. But again don't know for sure. Are the batteries fresh?
 
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Paul Howell said:
Don't know, very odd that all 3 are off by the same number of stops. I think the light meter sensor is in the body not the in the mirror prism box. But again don't know for sure. Are the batteries fresh?
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Batteries came with the cameras. I'll try with fresh batteries anyway.

Did a test just now against a white fence in my backyard under constant light. F100 and Olympus E-520 give 1/8 @ f/16. The three cameras give 1 sec, 1/2 and 1/3. All set at ISO 100.
 
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Fresh batteries and no change. I don't get it...

Could the lens contribute to giving bad meter values? And if so, is there a way to test the meter without it (I only have one SA mount lens)?
 
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Sorry no idea, just very strange, not many Sigma SA users so not a lot of info to draw on and as I dumbed my SA bodies. I just metered my SD 14 with both the 28 to 80 and 28 to 100, ISO 100 set at 50mm, quarter stop between them.
 
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