K-X not taking photos in Manual Mode

vcu123 · 09-13-2011, 04:34 PM

Hi all, so I'm having a little trouble with my camera. I was messing with the ISO, shutter speeds and aperture settings yesterday and went I went to take a photo today, nothing was coming up on the display screen afterwards. I reset all the settings because I thought that might be the problem, but it didn't help. The weirdest part is that when I'm in auto mode, the pictures come out fine. Any suggestions?

RioRico · 09-13-2011, 04:41 PM

What lens(es)? Did you press the Green button to meter? Did you maybe accidentally set the ISO to 100, shutter to 1/8000, aperture to f/32? That will guarantee some black frames! I'll suggest that when you chimp those black frames, hit the Info button -- or if you've moved them to your computer already, check the EXIF data -- and see just what the settings were. Good luck!

K57XR · 09-13-2011, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by vcu123

nothing was coming up on the display screen afterwards.

What does it show on the screen, completely black or white? There's a good chance the setting you have on manual mode is either severely underexposed or over exposed depending on what it shows on the screen. You can also try and take a picture of subject in auto mode then view the photo and do as what RioRico suggested and press the info button to look at the exif data. (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed, Etc.) Copy those settings in Manual mode then take a picture of the same subject with the same lighting condition and see how it comes out....hope this helps.

vladimiroltean · 09-13-2011, 04:55 PM

Search Google for "understanding exposure" and then please return with an answer about what you are doing wrong. You don't have to reset the settings to get exposure right.

wildweasel · 09-19-2011, 02:47 AM

Did you flick the switch by the lens from 'auto' to 'manual'? I forgot to do that once and spent ten minutes swearing at my camera....

MagusAku · 09-19-2011, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by wildweasel

Did you flick the switch by the lens from 'auto' to 'manual'? I forgot to do that once and spent ten minutes swearing at my camera....

This would only be an issue if your using catch in focus or using in focus shutter release priority.

09-13-2011, 04:34 PM	#1
vcu123 New Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1	K-X not taking photos in Manual Mode Hi all, so I'm having a little trouble with my camera. I was messing with the ISO, shutter speeds and aperture settings yesterday and went I went to take a photo today, nothing was coming up on the display screen afterwards. I reset all the settings because I thought that might be the problem, but it didn't help. The weirdest part is that when I'm in auto mode, the pictures come out fine. Any suggestions?

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09-13-2011, 04:41 PM	#2
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	What lens(es)? Did you press the Green button to meter? Did you maybe accidentally set the ISO to 100, shutter to 1/8000, aperture to f/32? That will guarantee some black frames! I'll suggest that when you chimp those black frames, hit the Info button -- or if you've moved them to your computer already, check the EXIF data -- and see just what the settings were. Good luck!

09-13-2011, 04:53 PM	#3
K57XR Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 830	Originally posted by vcu123 nothing was coming up on the display screen afterwards. What does it show on the screen, completely black or white? There's a good chance the setting you have on manual mode is either severely underexposed or over exposed depending on what it shows on the screen. You can also try and take a picture of subject in auto mode then view the photo and do as what RioRico suggested and press the info button to look at the exif data. (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed, Etc.) Copy those settings in Manual mode then take a picture of the same subject with the same lighting condition and see how it comes out....hope this helps.

09-13-2011, 04:55 PM	#4
vladimiroltean Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bucharest, Romania Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,465	Search Google for "understanding exposure" and then please return with an answer about what you are doing wrong. You don't have to reset the settings to get exposure right.

09-19-2011, 02:47 AM	#5
wildweasel Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Plymouth Posts: 359	Did you flick the switch by the lens from 'auto' to 'manual'? I forgot to do that once and spent ten minutes swearing at my camera....

09-19-2011, 03:06 AM	#6
MagusAku Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Brisbane Posts: 91	Originally posted by wildweasel Did you flick the switch by the lens from 'auto' to 'manual'? I forgot to do that once and spent ten minutes swearing at my camera.... This would only be an issue if your using catch in focus or using in focus shutter release priority.