Originally posted by UncleVanya Reset to factory defaults?
If you set exposure compensation to plus 5 does it help?
A reset didn't do anything unfortunately.
When i put it to +5 it gets a shot, but still quite dark.
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We did a firmware update this morning, and then tried a few things. It's still doing the same thing unfortunately.
I did notice that when it was metering with the lens cap on it knew it was dark, so i tried seeing what it would do if i pointed it at a well lit area. It showed on the meter as underexposed by 3 and then flicked to normal.
In contrast my k5ii is metering normally when pointed at the same location, so it looks like it is something to do with whatever the camera does to meter??
Anyhow, it is going to be off to the shop for a fix i think, well beyond my capability.
Thanks for the ideas and information everyone.