Hey everyone,

I just picked up a Nikon FM with a 50mm f/1.4 lens, and I'm currently test shooting a roll of APX 400. I'm coming from a digital background, so film metering is a bit new to me, and I’m getting some conflicting advice that has me totally confused.

\* \*\*Person A\*\* tells me that the camera automatically accounts for the aperture when I turn the aperture ring, so the light meter inside the viewfinder adjusts dynamically.

\* \*\*Person B\*\* tells me I \*have\* to push down the depth-of-field (DOF) preview button while looking at the meter to get an accurate reading.

Which one is it?

To make matters worse, I was testing it outside just now. With the camera set to \*\*ISO 400\*\*, I chose \*\*f/16\*\* and cranked the shutter speed all the way to \*\*1/1000s\*\*. Even with those maxed-out settings in broad daylight, the meter is \*still\* indicating that it's overexposed (+).

According to the sun f16 rule, ISO 400 at f/16 should give me around 1/400s or 1/500s, so 1/1000s should definitely not be overexposed.

Am I doing something wrong with the meter? Is the lens not communicating properly with the body, or could the meter itself be broken?

Any help would be massively appreciated!

Nikon FM how to correctly use the light meter