Canon EOS 30D Exposure Issue - Camera Faulty?

When I tried using my 30D yesterday I discovered a problem I've not seen before, and am concerned something is not working properly.

(It is also quite possible I'm completely missing something though and there's nothing wrong with the camera at all, just me!)

I normally shoot in AV or TV mode.
My understanding is that when I move the dial to set a shutter speed, say for example 1/60, it automatically sets the correct aperture, and the little indicator line on the exposure scale (from -2 to +2) points to zero in the middle.

When I try this now, the indicator line stays fixed at the marker before -1 (-1.3?). And if I then set a desired shutter speed (say 1/60), the resulting exposure comes out dark. It doesn't seem to move from that spot, no matter what shutter speed or aperture I set.

It does move however in full manual mode. This is currently the only way I'm able to record an accurate exposure.

Any thoughts?

Push the shutter button down and use the back wheel to move the EC back to 0.

Persephone wrote in post #14430615
Push the shutter button down and use the back wheel to move the EC back to 0.

And have a read in the manual on the Exposure Compensation page.

Persephone wrote in post #14430615
Push the shutter button down and use the back wheel to move the EC back to 0.

Yeah, sounds like you have knocked the wheel while shooting and set some -ve EC. It just needs setting back to zero.

Set your EC back to zero. One thing you can do to avoid this accidentally happening is to not turn your camera to the full on position. Just do the first on position and this will lock the rear dial.

crn3371 wrote in post #14431606
Set your EC back to zero. One thing you can do to avoid this accidentally happening is to not turn your camera to the full on position. Just do the first on position and this will lock the rear dial.

This was it!
Thanks very much...