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<blockquote data-quote="Kazielle" data-source="post: 389184" data-attributes="member: 35375">Hi everyone!I got my D5200 yesterday - my very first DSLR - and I&nbsp; was excited to play with the manual settings. Unfortunately, despite&nbsp; following the instructions in the manual (as best as I've been able to),&nbsp; I can't seem to change the aperture/f-stop numbers manually. I have a&nbsp; Nikon 50mm 1.8/g lens mounted on my camera. The manual says that on&nbsp; manual mode, I should hold down the aperture button (I assume that's the&nbsp; button by the on switch that has the aperture symbol next to it)&nbsp; and&nbsp; then rotate the command dial to change the aperture. I've tried various&nbsp; ways of doing this and the number on my screen never changes (and I've&nbsp; never managed to get it to go down to 1.8 automatically, barring the&nbsp; first time I used the camera). I also tried using aperture priority mode&nbsp; and just rotating the command dial in that like the manual instructs me&nbsp; to, but it still doesn't change the f-stop number. I tried to&nbsp; google it but didn't see anyone else with this issue. I'm using the&nbsp; viewfinder, not using live view mode, holding the shutter halfway down&nbsp; before I try to change the aperture, and I'm trying to take still&nbsp; pictures, not video. When I was looking this up online I read something&nbsp; about 'setting' the lens to 40 or so and letting the camera 'do the&nbsp; rest' - I'm not sure what that means or if it applies to my situation.&nbsp; I've never mounted a lens before and I just kind of put it on, I don't&nbsp; have the hood on or anything - didn't really know what I was doing. The&nbsp; lens hood isn't on, I'm not sure if that matters. I tried messing with&nbsp; the focusing ring but it didn't change the numbers.You can&nbsp; probably tell I don't really know what I'm talking about! I thought I'd&nbsp; learn by doing but yes, this is kind of a road block!If anyone&nbsp; could enlighten me I would SO much appreciate it. Can someone please&nbsp; tell me how I change the f-stop numbers on my D5200? Is it possible I've accidentally changed a setting that is preventing me from doing it the normal way?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kazielle, post: 389184, member: 35375"] Hi everyone! I got my D5200 yesterday - my very first DSLR - and I was excited to play with the manual settings. Unfortunately, despite following the instructions in the manual (as best as I've been able to), I can't seem to change the aperture/f-stop numbers manually. I have a Nikon 50mm 1.8/g lens mounted on my camera. The manual says that on manual mode, I should hold down the aperture button (I assume that's the button by the on switch that has the aperture symbol next to it) and then rotate the command dial to change the aperture. I've tried various ways of doing this and the number on my screen never changes (and I've never managed to get it to go down to 1.8 automatically, barring the first time I used the camera). I also tried using aperture priority mode and just rotating the command dial in that like the manual instructs me to, but it still doesn't change the f-stop number. I tried to google it but didn't see anyone else with this issue. I'm using the viewfinder, not using live view mode, holding the shutter halfway down before I try to change the aperture, and I'm trying to take still pictures, not video. When I was looking this up online I read something about 'setting' the lens to 40 or so and letting the camera 'do the rest' - I'm not sure what that means or if it applies to my situation. I've never mounted a lens before and I just kind of put it on, I don't have the hood on or anything - didn't really know what I was doing. The lens hood isn't on, I'm not sure if that matters. I tried messing with the focusing ring but it didn't change the numbers. You can probably tell I don't really know what I'm talking about! I thought I'd learn by doing but yes, this is kind of a road block! If anyone could enlighten me I would SO much appreciate it. Can someone please tell me how I change the f-stop numbers on my D5200? Is it possible I've accidentally changed a setting that is preventing me from doing it the normal way? [/QUOTE]

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