biglenslittlelens Posted June 21, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all I use an XU for surf and underwater photography using a custom housing. At first I used to think I bumped the aperture and shutter dials when swimming, but after this weekend I am sure the camera has a glitch in it. I taped the shutter to 1/2000 and aperture to F10 and leave the camera on until I get out of the surf. At home I noticed that later in the session, images were at F14 and 1/1000 , so at some point they changed. I will go back and double check the sequence, but I know that nothing was bumped as the tape is still in position. Has anyone else had settings change on them ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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biglenslittlelens Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted July 13, 2020 A bit more investigation and definitely get different settings in exif compared to the screen. Manually set aperture to F8, shutter to 1/2000. Iso is set to Auto. Take image, and play back on the LCD and it has F11 , 1/1000. Anyone else noticed a discrepancy like this before ? Can firmware be re-installed if downloaded to reset ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted July 13, 2020 Share #3 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Hi, just tried taking various shots ( in Auto ISO) with F11 and 1/2000 settings, F16 & 1/1000, F8 & 1/2000 and I never had the matching EXIF when playing the shots back on the LCD, just like you mentioned. I guess the EXIF is just an estimate similar to the EXIF given with a digital Leica M. Enjoy the surf ! Cheers, JM. Edited July 13, 2020 by JMF Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglenslittlelens Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted July 13, 2020 Thanks JM, at least I know I am not going mad. Happy for the exif to be an estimate on my M bodies but not this camera. Aperture changes I could tolerate, but shutter speed - i need that at 1/2000 in the surf. Pretty annoying, but at least I know its like that and can work with it knowing the limitations. cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglenslittlelens Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted July 14, 2020 Looks like you can only use 1/2000 when the aperture is F3.5 or larger. Or i can force it if I use a high ISO ...Sigh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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