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Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 manual mode problem
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:35:18 -0700
Maybe make a query here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp? 
forum=1022



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On Apr 29, 2006, at 8:07 PM, ALI wrote:

>
> Hi.
>
> This evening I took the E-500 along to a cultural event and  
> intended to
> shoot in
> manual mode using the FL-50. The 1st photo went off without a  
> hitch. Then I
> proceeded to shoot photo's of my daughter and the lens would not  
> focus. I shot
> the photo anyhow thinking that it might be slow due to low light,  
> however the
> photo was completely blurry. I took another and still blurry.
>
> Checking the camera's display I noticed the shutter speed was
> displayed, however
> no aperture. Instead I saw a -5.0 blinking and a line of dots with  
> a plus and
> minus on either end. The 2nd row of dots (underneath the 1st row)  
> pointed
> towards the negative (minus) so much so that a red arrow displayed  
> indicating
> that I had selected something beyond what is showing on the screen.
>
> I played with every setting thinking I had pushed a button  
> someplace and still
> nothing.  I powered the camera on and off, I removed the battery,  
> etc...that
> darned -5.0 would not go away and no aperture showing (just two  
> lines and dot
> in place of the aperture). Finally after much of the event had  
> passed - I
> powered the camera off and I dis-mounted the lens, powered the  
> camera on
> without the lens - then powered the camera OFF and re-mounted the  
> lens. This
> reset the camera and the aperture returned. Trying a few more tests in
> manual -
> the camera did the exact same thing. In other settings - auto -  
> shutter
> pri and
> aperture pri - the camera seemed to function properly.
>
> I also removed the flash from the camera and set the camera to manual.
> The -.50
> reappeared, however the lens did focus and there was an aperture  
> showing. I
> will re-test this again to make sure I wasnt just seeing things in the
> auditorium.
>
> Needless to say I became very agitated and missed some shots.
>
> Is there a problem with the camera/flash/lens? Did I do something  
> wrong? Was
> this due to low light?
>
> Thanks.
> - Ali
>
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