D5 Shutter speed challenge

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Rascasse

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This is probably a dumb question, but after going through the settings as well as the manual, I'm stumped. I probably managed to change a setting and I just can't figure out how to get out of this mode.

When I turn the camera on and am in S, the shutter speed reeds x250 and will go no faster. In A, M or P it shows 125 and will also go no faster. How do I get back to being able to use the full range of shutter speeds?

Thanks in advance
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

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That is the flash synch setting. You do not say if you have speedlight attached on the camera or if the built-in flash is up. But if a flash is active, that is the shutter speed it wants to use.

Correction, no built-in flash on a D5. You activated something in the menu to make the camera believe a flash is in the hot-shoe.
 
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Rascasse

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BF Hammer said:
That is the flash synch setting. You do not say if you have speedlight attached on the camera or if the built-in flash is up. But if a flash is active, that is the shutter speed it wants to use.

Correction, no built-in flash on a D5. You activated something in the menu to make the camera believe a flash is in the hot-shoe.
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No flash is attached. When I go into 'shooting menu', the flash control is grayed out.
 
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Rascasse

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I figured it out. I put it in M and kept rotating the shutter speed dial. The speeds got longer and then the speeds started climbing until it went through all the speeds through 8000. How I managed to get to the x250, I have no idea. If any of you find yourself in a a similar 'stupid human trick', you'll know wha to do. :)
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

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You are right, the shutter speed wheel will go from 30sec to "Bulb" to the final position which is the flash synch shutter setting. I work in the 25sec and bulb range enough that I should have remembered that. But then I also assumed you tried spinning the wheel in both directions.
 
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