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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chucke.b" data-source="post: 89736" data-attributes="member: 11631">Ok, Ive been shooting with my D5100 for just over a year now..  and I love shooting at night time.  Here is my question, I shoot in full manual mode at night ..  when I choose a ISO of 200 to 400 , and a 15"-30" exposure  ..  The shot looks great in my camera screen..  , but when I get home and upload the new shots, I notice that the metadata shows an ISO of 6400 and the shot is grainy  ??    So the camera is showing ISO of 200 but it still uses 6400?? How can this be?     How can I keep the ISO where I want it to stay ?        Thank You for your help in advance !        - Chuck</blockquote>