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Originally Posted by Dawna
I have a Nikon d60 and for the life of me I can't figure out how to change the shutter speed and/or the aperture setting. Maybe I don't have it right in my head help... if I have the camera set on aperture mode then I can change the shutter speed is this correct and when in shutter mode I can change aperture right? HOW DO I DO IT???? How do I do it on the camera? UGG my head hurts I really want to learn this stuff but I'm about to stick it in auto and forget it!!! Please help and no snickers please!!!  |
Edit: Oops, I misread. When you're in Aperture mode, you control the aperture, not the shutter speed -- and vice versa! Everything below is written from that point of view.
The main control you need to use is the Command Dial. That's the little dial right about where your right thumb should be, on the back right of the camera. The Command Dial is essential to any SLR use.
When you're in Aperture or Shutter priority mode, that dial changes your aperture or shutter (respectively). You can see it change in the green LED display which shows up inside your viewfinder.
If you're in Program (P) mode, turning the command dial changes the "exposure set", meaning that it adjusts the automatically-chosen aperture and shutter to another equivalent exposure, but with a different aperture-shutter combination.
If you're in full manual (M) mode, turning the command dial changes the shutter speed. Holding the +/- button (on the top of the camera) while turning the dial adjusts the aperture.
If you're reviewing images on the screen, the command dial cycles through the images.
This is covered explicitly in the manual, incidentally.