I'm new, so forgive what I hope is a simple question.
Last night I tried to take pictures of lightning in the clouds. I put the camera on the tripod, set the mode to Shutter Priority, set the shutter to 2 seconds and hit the button. Nothing happened. The shutter wouldn't open. I set the exposure consecutively longer until I hit 30 seconds. Once or twice it would open, but generally no luck. I then set the mode to Manual, set the shutter to Bulb, went to the largest aperture, set the ISO to 3200 (!) and STILL couldn't get the shutter to open.
I don't mind getting a bad picture but I'm pretty unhappy the camera wouldn't let me take a picture at all!
I went back through my stack of books but couldn't find an answer. What am I missing?
Brian
Last night I tried to take pictures of lightning in the clouds. I put the camera on the tripod, set the mode to Shutter Priority, set the shutter to 2 seconds and hit the button. Nothing happened. The shutter wouldn't open. I set the exposure consecutively longer until I hit 30 seconds. Once or twice it would open, but generally no luck. I then set the mode to Manual, set the shutter to Bulb, went to the largest aperture, set the ISO to 3200 (!) and STILL couldn't get the shutter to open.
I don't mind getting a bad picture but I'm pretty unhappy the camera wouldn't let me take a picture at all!
I went back through my stack of books but couldn't find an answer. What am I missing?
Brian