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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy C" data-source="post: 1487138" data-attributes="member: 18798">Perhaps I should have phrased it better Thomas, I still find it strange that you can turn the dial by accident - again I can honestly say that I have never done this.When I go out birding I either sling the Camera with lens attached around my neck or mount on a tripod and carry the whole rig and there it stays until I finish.I do not doubt that some people are somehow turning the dial by accident but I am just trying to figure out how.Even if I was taking the Camera in and out of a bag I cannot see how it would happen - I do not go near the dial when doing this or is the dial hitting the side of the bag?Yes, I have shoot in the wrong mode/setting and buggered up a shot through my own fault - just last week I was shooting in Manual and had dialled in +1 from the ambient light to shoot a Rook when a Egret came along and I shot at the same setting which resulted in a shot 2 stops overexposed (I should have dialled in -1 for the egret) .</blockquote>