DId I get your atttention? a friend gifted me a Nikon Cool Pix P520 a couple of years ago (2020) He had it since 2013.  I have been using it for occasional out door shooting or as a back up for photoing ebay stuff because te K-5 is too hard for me to hold up to my face anymore.. a couple of months ago I started getting a message on the screen when I turned it on " MODE DIAL IS NOT IN PROPER POSITION"  I twist the dial changing settings and it goes away.. that worked for a while.. but now twisting doesnt work.  What I read online made me think this was annoying serious/expensive to correct.  I'm useless in the fix it yourself category when it comes to other than non-mechanical/electronic things .  the camera is my back up and "takes good pictures" bottom line - anyone in this side of the pond want to fiddle with it? or can recommend someone/some place that would be able to do it without cleaning out my banking account?  Were it not for some recent and anticpated expenses of a different nature I'd take it someplace ehre and get estimates but I can't be running around in this heat especially. thanks much, ann -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Am 14.07.22 um 14:01 schrieb ann sanfedele: > " MODE DIAL IS NOT IN PROPER > POSITION"  I twist the dial changing settings and it goes away.. > that worked for a while.. but now twisting doesnt work. One of the possible causes is oxidation of the contact surfaces of the selector switch below this dial. Giving it some vigorus exercise might scratch this oxidation from the contacts. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de

Am 14.07.22 um 14:19 schrieb Ralf R Radermacher: > One of the possible causes is oxidation of the contact surfaces of the > selector switch below this dial. Giving it some vigorus exercise might > scratch this oxidation from the contacts. I had a similar prob with the rear thumbwheel of my *stDS which had gone totally erratic. A miniscule (!) amount of DeoxIT injected into the opening of the wheel followed by some exercise cured this and the camera still works flawlessly to this day. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de

I had jiggled quite a bit off and on over time .. but I worked at it more following your suggestion... I got it to work, then turning it off gave me the nasty message again then I worked more on it and got it back up! phew!  Just was too impatient!  Cant get it to go on to auto but I've pretty much always shot on ap priority anyway.. and I got it there... phew! thanks much! now back to St Andrews - Tiger Woods due to appear in an hour :-) ann On 7/14/2022 8:19 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 14.07.22 um 14:01 schrieb ann sanfedele: >> " MODE DIAL IS NOT IN PROPER >> POSITION"  I twist the dial changing settings and it goes away.. >> that worked for a while.. but now twisting doesnt work. > > One of the possible causes is oxidation of the contact surfaces of the > selector switch below this dial. Giving it some vigorus exercise might > scratch this oxidation from the contacts. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher  -  Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog  : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web   : http://www.fotoralf.de > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks