q2 Q2 long exposure thumbwheel not working?

[Johnclare369]

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Hi All

I recently upgraded to the Q2 from the Q. Love it. I've been shooting Leica about three years,  I also have M10 and various lenses so I'm quite used to Leica.  However, I've just come across a problem with my Q2 and would  appreciate advice. Here's the situation:

On the Q2 I wanted to shoot longer than 1 second exposure, so I turned the exposure wheel to 1+, then tried to increase exposure to, say 20 seconds by turning the thumbwheel, as I used to on the original Q.   I am aware of the limitations re long exposures and high ISO so I set the ISO manually to 100. The camera won't go beyond 1s exposure, however much I turn the wheel. Turning the wheel the other way it only offers me 0.6 seconds. To check it, I then set the exposure to auto (A), and went into a dark room. Again, the camera will not set the exposure to above 1s.

It may be a fault with my camera, or I may be doing something wrong.

Any thoughts?

 

JC

 

 

[AnikiMu]

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[Johnclare369]

Hi AM

I've tried turning the thumbwheel clockwise and anti clockwise, but no luck. Turning clockwise is sticks at 1s, anti-clockwise at 0.6 s.

 

[AnikiMu]

3 minutes ago, Johnclare369 said:

Hi AM

I've tried turning the thumbwheel clockwise and anti clockwise, but no luck. Turning clockwise is sticks at 1s, anti-clockwise at 0.6 s.

 

On 1+, ISO 100, I go 120s and after on T. 

[Johnclare369]

Hmmm...that's what I was expecting.

It sounds like a problem with my camera.

Shame.

[AnikiMu]

3 minutes ago, Johnclare369 said:

Hmmm...that's what I was expecting.

It sounds like a problem with my camera.

Shame.

Did you try a reset?

[Johnclare369]

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Aniki...I have reset it and it now works!

Great idea and many thanks for your help.

 

Regards

 

JC

[Johnclare369]

In fact I then went about resetting it to the way I had it, and got the same problem. So I guess I had assigned something else to that thumbwheel function. I've now reset it again and it works once more.

Thanks again.