Originally posted by allart For the second time in a year, my K5 has become only able to meter on automatic "M". Other settings end up overexposed. Last year i sent the thing to Pentax for repair, and now it happened again, which given that I don't see anything similar in these posts, may be some sort of %^&% camera defect.
Pentax 'repaired' this with a software reinstallation.Now I'm about to go on vacation and it is messed up again.. Can I do this installation myself? Is anyone out there familiar with this problem?
al
Have you tried other lenses?
Have you cleaned the contacts between the camera and the lens?
Take the camera off auto sensitivity.
If you photograph a particular scene in all exposure modes, what results and what are the exposure settings, aperture, sensitivity and shutter speed? Check the values shown in the viewfinder before taking the photo and in the photos data after taking the photo.
Check that exposure compensation is set to 0.
Post us some pictures.
Regards
Chris