EOS 1V Meter Going Bad

[ukestrummer]

Anyone on the forum with knowledge of the 1V ever hear of a meter going bad? Mine just did. Anyone have insight as to why this may happen, or have it happen to them with a digital body? I always thought the meters were pretty tough.

Thanks!

 

[Flake]

How is anyone supposed to make a worthwhile comment based on an explanation of a fault on a complex instrument as - it's going bad! To draw an analogy what kind of quality diagnosis would you expect if you wandered into the doctors & said "I'm going bad, any ideas?"

How is it going bad? Over exposure? Under exposure? All over the place? Does it work sometimes and not others? How far adrift is it when it does go wrong? Does it happen under all exposure modes or is it worse on some than others?

One possible fault is dirt on the optics in the light path in which case it will consistently over expose as it is seeing less light than it should. Without any kind of description of the fault it's impossible to give a clearer answer.

 

[ukestrummer]

Good point. To be more specific it consistently over exposes with all of my lenses and at most AV settings. Overexposes by about 2 stops consistently. Haven't shot much in TV or P modes. Usually am always in AV.

 

[Admin US West]

I'd try giving the camera a total reset. This happened to my 1D MK III about 8 months ago, and after fooling around for a couple of hours, a reset fixed it. I could never duplicate it and its never happened again.

Its worth a try.

 

[Flake]

Nothing lost by resetting the camera, other than your settings! If it doesn't work though it's a clean of the light path, and the exposure meter is near the pentaprism. The mirror and the focus screen should be the first candidate, it's a film camera so you don't have to be quite so careful as cleaning a sensor, but now there are loads of kits available to clean cameras. My personal favourite (from a pro sensor cleaner) is petroleum distillate - zippo lighter fluid it works just as well as any of the branded stuff but costs a fraction. Remember that after wet cleaning it will leave a residue which needs dry cleaning. Alternatively just drop it into a camera shop which offers sensor cleaning and let them clean it for you.