GH4 F-stop circle button gets stuck or goes circles not changing f stop correctly.

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CustomerGH4

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So I took out the camera (havent used it for months) and discovered the f stop button rubber goes circles not changing f stops. Sometimes it gets stuck too. In order for me to change f stops I have to press the button down hard and then it moves the f stops but , it hurts my finger a bit and also its annoying. My warranty just got over too, anybody have a quick solution?
 
CustomerGH4 said:
So I took out the camera (havent used it for months) and discovered the f stop button rubber goes circles not changing f stops. Sometimes it gets stuck too. In order for me to change f stops I have to press the button down hard and then it moves the f stops but , it hurts my finger a bit and also its annoying. My warranty just got over too, anybody have a quick solution?
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pardon my ignorance, but where exactly is the "f stop button rubber" on the camera? Are you talking about the front dial ?
 
I've noticed on my GH4, the rear dial, the rubber slides around the underlying wheel and doesn't alter settings, need to put a bit of pressure on it - or superglue.
 
TheTrickster said:
I've noticed on my GH4, the rear dial, the rubber slides around the underlying wheel and doesn't alter settings, need to put a bit of pressure on it - or superglue.
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Yes that is exactly the problem I am describing! But mine is on front dial not rear. Damn.,,, this upsets me that GH4 has such a weird issue.
 
This is a common issue with GH3 and now with GH4. My GH4 works fine after 2 years of use but my GH3 both wheels rolls empty occasionally and quite often.
 
Have a same problem on front dial.
I guess glue can be temp solution but not sure if its worth for problem shouldn't be there to begin with!
Any lawyers around to see if we have a ground for class action against panasonic cause its clearly their fault?:)

I put smiley but I'm not rven kidding
 
I had that problem mostly on the rear (shutter speed) dial and the ultimate "culprit" turned out to be slick dry skin surface on my fingers. I'm now 78 and skin on my hands and fingers has dried out and become fairly "slick" so I don't get the full "traction" I used to when adjusting these wheels.

It actually felt like the dial was slipping but it really wasn't, it was my thumb tip. The solution, of course, was more applied pressure. The rear dial can be especially susceptible to this, on one of my GH3's the rear dial was set in a tiny bit deeper so the thumb tip "slipped" along the surface of the body a lot easier.
 
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