R5 keeps reverting to F7.1 - manual settings

[NancyMac]

Hi All ,

shooting manual settings.  Want to use 4.5 (on 100-500 lens).  Keeps reverting to 7.1.  What am I doing wrong?

I want to control aperture, shutter speed and ISO all in manual settings.  Why is it locking me out of 4.5 or 5.6 etc?   I’m definitely in Manual mode. 

thanks for your help!

Nancy 

[NancyMac]

You're welcome!  It was so frustrating and I could not figure out why it was defaulting to 7.1.  Now I know and I can work with it to achieve my desired outcomes.  Glad it helped you too.  Take care!!