light meter on side of viewfinder

[Pacerr]

. . .  that ansel adams theory as well, 

Run a web search on the phrase "photo digital zone system".

E.g., A simplified zone system - Norman Koren photography @

 http://www.normankoren.com/zonesystem.html

[davidhampshire]

did the re-set,   and the rest of it,      shutter seems ok,   but still no exposure meter reading when i manual focus in M mode,  on the dial,   MF selected on the lower body,  and  center metering ,   shouldn't that +/- area show the bars to over or underexposure when i turn the e- dial for shutter speed?    it's just blank,   so somethings going on,   all the menu items re-set except i put the accept manual lenses custom to 2.     strange ?  kinda scary.    dave 

[davidhampshire]

maybe it's the smc lens the k 30,  there are no contacts on the lens,    i'll try an A lens.    for the +/- meter ,  maybe ?     i'll be back.   

[davidhampshire]

yes,    an A lens set to A , and everything else set to manual,  creates the exposure meter again -- guess i have just been using the k lenses for a while now,   ( interesting that the A lens not set to A , disables the exposure meter once again  )      so out of panic mode for that ,  sorry about that,      but not so sure about this multiple shutter firing thing.   got me worried,   not doing it right now,  but what if it comes back....       thanks,
dave

[calsan]

Is it set to shoot bracketed exposures???

[davidhampshire]

not set for bracketed exposures ,   at least hadn't set it for that, i  had been taking single photos,   then suddenly it just kept flipping the mirror on  it's own when i pressed the shutter for a single shot ,  it kinda went crazy.   seems ok now after the reset,  but i'm worried now.    but thanks for thinking of that,   calum.   

dave