Loosing almost all the settings

[hetzzer]

Hey everyone!

I’m facing a frustrating problem with my camera, and I’m hoping you can help me out! Every time I turn my camera off and on again, my settings disappear. It's really irritating because I want to have everything in place to take photos quickly and efficiently. However, there’s a silver lining: the date and the connection to my iPhone remain intact – so is there something working correctly?

I’ve considered several possible reasons for this issue. Maybe the camera is set to factory settings and doesn’t save user settings? Or could it be a battery or power problem that prevents it from remembering my changes? It might also be a good idea to reset the camera to factory settings to see if that helps.

But hey, I’d love to hear from you! Has anyone experienced similar issues? What solutions have you found that could help? Are there specific settings I should pay attention to, or perhaps a firmware update that could resolve the situation?

Let’s share our experiences and come up with potential solutions! I look forward to hearing from you and hope we can find a solution together. Thanks in advance for your help!

Happy shooting!

[Olaf W.]

Welcome to our forum. Unfortunately, this sounds like a defect inside the camera. You should contact the Fuji service.

[Greybeard]

There is an internal capacitor that supplies enough charge to keep the settings when you turn off the camera.

It sounds as though this needs repairing.

(I'm assuming you keep a fully charged battery in the camera? The capacitor can lose power if the camera is left for long periods without the main battery being charged)

 

[Olaf W.]

The capacitor shouldn‘t ve relevant as long as a charged battery is loaded. I‘m afraid this is a different problem.

[Greybeard]

2 hours ago, Olaf W. said:

The capacitor shouldn‘t ve relevant as long as a charged battery is loaded. I‘m afraid this is a different problem.

Are you sure? Does the main battery prevent the loss of settings if there is a defective capacitor and the camera is turned off?

[Olaf W.]

I‘m quite sure, as this is the way other devices use such capacitors. But one would need a service manual to get exact knowledge.

 

[mypointofview]

taking the risk of asking the most stupid question: have you chosen "disable" in the IQ menu, page 3/3 auto update custom settings? 

If it's set to disable and you switch off your camera, all your changes of settings will not be saved.

What I usually do: set this point to enable, change the settings, switch the camera off, switch the camera back on. Then change it to disable.

Now all your settings are safely stored!

 

🙈

[Menny]

On 11/5/2024 at 8:41 AM, mypointofview said:

taking the risk of asking the most stupid question: have you chosen "disable" in the IQ menu, page 3/3 auto update custom settings? 

If it's set to disable and you switch off your camera, all your changes of settings will not be saved.

What I usually do: set this point to enable, change the settings, switch the camera off, switch the camera back on. Then change it to disable.

Now all your settings are safely stored!

 

🙈

U salve my life with this. 

[mypointofview]

7 hours ago, Menny said:

U salve my life with this. 

glad I could help! 🙌🏻