Shutter speed settings

deltablue

deltablue

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Greetings

I am new here. I have upgraded to a D7100. I broke the SD card door and had to send it for repair. I got the camera back today.

I am unable to set the SS beyond 1/250 which shows as x 1/250 on M, SS priority. I am confused as to how to override this so I can manually set the SS which I should be able to do on M mode.

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WayneF

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Like Scottin said, if the flash is "on" then shutter speed is limited to 1/250 second (maximum sync speed - unless in Auto FP mode).

This next might be a wild goose chase, but you did say you see "X", so I think what you are seeing is this:

As you turn the shutter speed dial (for S or M mode shutter speed), it runs from 1/8000 second at the top end, way down to 30 seconds at the slow end. Then there is the Bulb setting, when the shutter stays open as long as you hold it. Then next and last, there is X. This sets whatever shutter speed that your E1 menu has set to be the sync speed limit, it simply just reflects the E1 menu setting. Shown as X 250. The D7100 default is 1/250 second (the maximum sync speed, which is a good place to keep it).

This is true regardless if the flash is "on" or not.

So instead (in S or M camera mode), turn the shutter speed dial way back up near the top end, to regular speeds like 1/100 second. Then you can set it to any value you want.

This X is described with the E1 menu, page 282 in the D7100 manual.
 
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Whiskeyman

Senior Member
WayneF said:
Like Scottin said, if the flash is "on" then shutter speed is limited to 1/250 second (maximum sync speed - unless in Auto FP mode).

This next might be a wild goose chase, but you did say you see "X", so I think what you are seeing is this:

As you turn the shutter speed dial (for S or M mode shutter speed), it runs from 1/8000 second at the top end, way down to 30 seconds at the slow end. Then there is the Bulb setting, when the shutter stays open as long as you hold it. Then next and last, there is X. This sets whatever shutter speed that your E1 menu has set to be the sync speed limit, it simply just reflects the E1 menu setting. Shown as X 250. The D7100 default is 1/250 second (the maximum sync speed, which is a good place to keep it).

This is true regardless if the flash is "on" or not.

So instead (in S or M camera mode), turn the shutter speed dial way back up near the top end, to regular speeds like 1/100 second. Then you can set it to any value you want.

This X is described with the E1 menu, page 282 in the D7100 manual.
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Nice bit of info, WayneF. Thank you!

Welcome to Nikonites.com, deltablue.

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