I've looked in the manual, and there was a little bit, with a picture saying something like %26quot;flash shutter speed%26quot;, but I can't find that..? Sorry for asking what's probably a stupid question. xD
However, I've found this:
Custom Setting Menu %26gt; ISO auto %26gt; Min. Shutter speed, and I can pick from 1/125 s, to 1 s. Is that all there is, or am I on the wrong thing altogether? Thanks in advance.
How to change shutter speeds on the Nikon D80?
Read your manual from page 45 to 51, especially page 48.
This is one real plus of a digital SLR over a point and shoot camera. You don't have to use the menus to change the shutter speed.
%26quot;S%26quot; Mode - you can change the shutter speed from a full 30 seconds to 1/4,000 of a second by turning the rear command dial with your thumb. Any speed of one second or longer will have the %26quot; mark after it, so 4%26quot; means 4 seconds.
%26quot;M%26quot; Mode - Same thing... The only difference is that the camera will not change the aperture automatically and you will have to do that yourself with the front sub-command dial.
%26quot;P%26quot; Mode - Yes, you can change the shutter speed in %26quot;P%26quot; mode. This is then called %26quot;Flexible Program.%26quot; Suppose the camera tells you that the right exposure in %26quot;P%26quot; mode would be f/8 at 1/15, but you want to use a faster or slower shutter speed. If you rotate the rear command dial, you can increase or decrease the shutter speed and the camera will adjust the aperture up or down accordingly. Of course, you can do the exact same thing if you want a larger or smaller aperture and the camera will adjust the shutter speed up or down accordingly.
So if the suggested %26quot;P%26quot; mode exposure is f/8 at 1/15, you can move up or down to one of these:
f/16 @ 1/4
f/11 @ 1/8
f/8 @ 1/15
f/5.6 @ 1/30
f/4 @ 1/60
f/2.8 @125
and the exposure will be the same. It's up to you to decide whether you want a faster shutter or a smaller aperture and go for it.
The setting you have found is a handy one, but it's not what you are looking for. If you want to use Auto ISO, the camera will choose the best (generally the lowest) ISO for you, but suppose conditions were such that an ISO of 100 would give you a shutter speed of 1/8 second. If you didn't have any warning about this (because you didn't set the shutter speed yourself, but relied on an automatic setting), you would most likely get a blurry image. If you use the CSM%26gt;ISO%26gt;Min Shutter Speed menu to set something that you are generally comfortable hand-holding, like 1/60 for normal lenses, you won't risk a blurry picture. In this case, the camera would bump up the ISO to a sufficient degree (in this example ISO 800) to allow the minimum speed you have set.
How to change shutter speeds on the Nikon D80?
On the top left of your camera there should be a wheel that has different markings like %26quot;A%26quot; (aperture-priority), %26quot;M%26quot; (Manual), etc. And little icons like a tulip for macro mode. Turn that to %26quot;M%26quot; for manual. On the right side, on the front, is a little wheel you turn with your index finger. Look through the viewfinder, see the number on the far left. Turn the front wheel with your index finger and you'll see the number changing. That's the shutter speed. I don't use the custom setting menu. I have a D70s but it should be quite similar to yours.
You do not set the shutter speed using the menu .. it would be far to slow for any photographer, let alone a pro.
Turn the wheel on the left side on top of the camera to either the A (aperture priority) or S (shutter priority) . Now turn the thumb wheel and you will see either the f/stop or shutter speed numbers change.
Since you seem to have no experience with a fully adjustable camera, you may find taking a class will help you a lot. Community colleges have classes both by the semester and at night and on weekends under adult ed. Also look for classes given by local camera stores.
Leave the custom settings alone for now.
To get started shooting without having to know how to use your camera the way you would use your 35 mm SLR, then place the camera in the P mode (program) and let the camera, for now, pick the exposure settings.
Here is a link that will help you understand your camera much better.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80/use鈥?/a>
I thought %26quot;P%26quot; stood for %26quot;Practice.%26quot;
