The value is low and this is the sort of thing I would put on eBay with no real expectations. Just sometimes an item will sell for a good price, but mostly we are in the £10-£20 bracket here.

I have the rear dial set to aperture and the from dial to exposure compensation in Av mode, which is one of the options, just as you describe. This is what I use for HDR.

Hyper-Manual is the phrase I think! However, it's not difficult to change the shutter speed in manual mode and achieve any bracketing we want, rather quicker than trying to find an automatic way to do it....

Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear you have camera problems.

The fact is that nobody produces 100% reliable products, but some are better than others and Pentax are one of the better ones.

I don't know the failure rate of new cameras, but I do recall seeing the rate for video recorders during the first year and for some makes it was 35%+, which seems incredibly bad. I don't think cameras are anywhere near that figure.

However, yours have failed you so that's all little consolation. It needs pursuing and dealing with, first of all with your supplier if under warranty in the UK.

Hope things improve and it gets sorted quickly.

You can't bracket automatically in manual. In manual you are telling the camera exactly what you want it to do, so you just change the shutter speed yourself to "bracket".

Hence "manual"!

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All the banks I deal with are fully aware of these and include the information on statements. The IBAN number is not such a mystery if you look at it closely and break it down.

These days I just enjoy doing a few weddings, not too many, and have a good time along with the bride, groom and guests.

I reckon we might as well all enjoy ourselves...

I wonder what you want testing? You know if they focus or not and you also know whether or not they are sharp. I'm not sure what else you need to know, although I guess that you might have concerns stemming from your bad camera luck on your trip.

I would wait for the camera to be returned to see if there is a problem. If there is with some lenses then fair enough, but if there is with all of them then it's probably not a lens problem.

I moved this over to the Lenses section as that seems to be what the thread is about!