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Hello Jerry Thanks for your post and the welcome. You've hit the nail on the head, the switch was indeed sticking and now it's not - problem solved. I use one or two other forums and I wish they were all as good as this one. Thank you for all the contributions, very much appreciated. Best wishes All R

Hello again The lens was the Fuji EBC XF 18-5mm 1:2.8-4 R LM. I've tried changing apertures via ring on lens and by using thumbwheel on body, same problem in low light with both. My 30+ years as a photographer has been with film SLR's and later years with Nikon & Canon DSLR's. However, I don't recall this issue in low light with my previous CSC, a Panasonic GX8. Really quite puzzled. Thanks again

Hello Olaf Thanks for the reply ISO was set at 400. The workshop results were disappointing, what's more important is I occasionally do light / pre-dawn shots on the North East coast. In the past, I've used my Nikon old SLR (D3s) and a Panasonic GX8 in virtual darkness and the apertures worked / changed no problem. Many thanks for your time Best wishes PS I have a friend with an XT-3 and he gets the same aperture problems

Hello there I wonder has anyone got an answer to this. I was in a photography group, using my XT-2 and we were trying to create 'Ghost type images' with cameras on tripods and set to Aperture Priority. Working with Manual focus and in very low light, we all attempted to achieve a shutter speed around 10 seconds by changing the aperture. I noted that all of those with Nikon and Canon DSLR's were able to change their apertures up and down their range to achieve the speed they wanted, yet I was unable to get the aperture to change at all and the values on the rear screen simply blanked out and all I saw was a black screen. In normal lighting, the apertures change fine. I'd welcome any suggestions. Many thanks Best wishes