A77 EV scale in M mode

[mikeyp2000]

My a77 EVF shows a handy EV scale in all exposure modes, ranging from -5 to +5.  Except in M mode!  In M mode, the scale is mostly greyed out leaving just the -2 to +2 range.

Is there any particular reason for this?

When setting up an exposure bracket shot, in P, A or S modes, I can see all the 'chips' lined up along EV scale, indicating where each shot in the set will fall.  In M mode, as half the scale is greyed out, the 'chips' at each end of the bracket are more than likely be outside the -2 to +2 range and therefore don't show up.  It's a bit annoying!

(a77, FW1.05)

Cheers

Michael

[cmosse]

I have noticed that too. I can imagine the values outside the -2 /+2 range are grayed out as kind of a guideline to stay within that range, because otherwise image will be completely under- or overexposed.

I think for a pro-sumer level camera like A77 this is not neccessary and probably a future FW update will include a change for this limitation of the EV-scale in M-mode.