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D5000 manual mode

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Posted by hick.man: Fri Jul 31st, 2015 16:07

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hi all, new to photography and picked a D5000. when I am in manual mode I noticed when I dial in my settings and I take a photo, I go to my settings again and they are changed. what am I doing wrong? o.O

any help would be awesome.

Posted by jk: Fri Jul 31st, 2015 17:30

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Hi welcome to the forum.

Can you give a more detailed explanation of the problem.

I manual mode M selected on top dial what are the readings before and after.
Remember the meter is always working but it should indicate over or under exposure not changed settings.

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Posted by hick.man: Fri Jul 31st, 2015 20:48

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with the dial turned to M and 1/60 second, f/22, ISO 100, manual exposure with flash. I take a pic and then it will change to 1/200 or 1/50

Posted by amazing50: Fri Jul 31st, 2015 21:59

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I don't have a D5000 anymore but a D5300. Go to ISO Sensitivity settings and> to AUTO ISO SENSATIVITY CONTROL and set it to OFF, if the D5000 has that setting.

This may work or you may have clicked the rear shutter speed dial while taking your picture.

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Posted by Eric: Sun Aug 2nd, 2015 04:46

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hick.man wrote:
with the dial turned to M and 1/60 second, f/22, ISO 100, manual exposure with flash. I take a pic and then it will change to 1/200 or 1/50
Hi, welcome to the forum.

Have you checked ...

Exposure BRACKETING isn't set to ON. This would give you sequential shots with different exposure settings.

If you don't mind me saying.... Don't use f22.

Most lens quality improves as the fstop gets smaller to say f11. Beyond this figure the quality drops off again. So using it at f22 is not optimum.
Also it requires slower shutter speeds to get sufficient exposure. This can lead to you getting further loss of sharpness due to camera shake. Finally, using a flash gun will require more power to project enough light to illuminate at f22....so you will drain your batteries quickly.

For most general photographic applications you would be better off using f5.6 or f8.

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Posted by Eric: Sun Aug 2nd, 2015 04:58

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amazing50 wrote:
I don't have a D5000 anymore but a D5300. Go to ISO Sensitivity settings and> to AUTO ISO SENSATIVITY CONTROL and set it to OFF, if the D5000 has that setting.

This may work or you may have clicked the rear shutter speed dial while taking your picture.
Is that correct Mike? Surely the whole point of auto ISO is for the ISO to change to ensure correct exposure at the fixed shutter and aperture parameters?

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Posted by amazing50: Sun Aug 2nd, 2015 11:16

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Eric, this setting gives a choice to the feature. Sometimes an exact manual exposure is required as when using a GigaPan for large panoramic shots, and having the ISO variable would skrew up the shot. Also required when stacking pix.

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Posted by Gilbert Sandberg: Sun Aug 2nd, 2015 16:54

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Hick,
re: and picked a D5000
Have you done a complete reset of the camera?
Some previous owner may have set something we all cannot think of.
If you do not have a printed manual, get the PDf version.
Regeards, Gilbert

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