Personally, I think the camera is doing exactly the right thing. It's warning you that, although you've set the dial to "M", it's actually going to be working in TAv mode becase "Auto ISO" is on.
Presumably if you turn Auto ISO off it then shows the mode as "M". On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:52:59AM -0400, Glen Berry wrote: > Thanks, P.J.! > > That was the "problem". Nothing had actually malfunctioned. > > However, I do think it's confusing for the camera to claim it's in > TAv mode in that circumstance. Perhaps in a pure manual mode, one > shouldn't be allowed to use Auto-ISO? There are plenty of other > modes where you can use it. I think that would be more > straightforward. If not that, then just don't switch the labeling > for the mode from "Manual" to "TAv". That's just a minor quibble > though. > > I'm glad that was just a case of "user inexperience". I'm absolutely > loving the K-30 so far! :) > > > On 3/30/2014 1:59 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > >Is auto ISO set to "On" in manual mode on your K30? > > > >On 3/30/2014 9:55 AM, Glen Berry wrote: > >>Last night I updated the firmware in my brand new K-30 to > >>version 1.06. (It originally had version 1.00.) > >> > >>I thought the update went smoothly, but I later noticed I no > >>longer had a manual mode on the camera! Instead, the camera was > >>operating in TAv mode whenever I selected the "M" option on the > >>mode dial. Fortunately, the K-30 has 2 user-defined modes. I > >>programmed one of those to be my new manual mode. That will work > >>for now, but this isn't reassuring behavior for a new camera > >>that just arrived 2 days ago. I'll be contacting Pentax on > >>Monday, to see what they have to say. > >> > >>Has anyone else had anything like this happen to them? > >> > >>Is there any sort of undocumented "reset" procedure for the K-30? > >> > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Glen > >> > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
