photobod wrote: Auto is fine but if you want to move on the A is for aperture priority, in other words you choose the aperture and the camera takes care of the speed.
S is for shutter priority, which is the opposite of A, you choose the speed.
M is for manual, this is where you choose the speed and the aperture.
you could download a manual for your camera, just go online and google for the D40 manual.
as to the problem with the dark photos its difficult to say what the problem is as without the details of what you are setting on your camera, if you are worried about the camera being broken the only option is to take it somewhere to be checked out.
Three things to remember if you are set on M-first your in camera meter bar in the lower right of the viewfinder should be at 0 for proper exposure.turn the thumbwheel/aperture to set this OR the shutter speed thumbwheel till reading is at 0. either of these will result in correct exposuresPerry041 wrote:
photobod wrote: Auto is fine but if you want to move on the A is for aperture priority, in other words you choose the aperture and the camera takes care of the speed.
S is for shutter priority, which is the opposite of A, you choose the speed.
M is for manual, this is where you choose the speed and the aperture.
you could download a manual for your camera, just go online and google for the D40 manual.
as to the problem with the dark photos its difficult to say what the problem is as without the details of what you are setting on your camera, if you are worried about the camera being broken the only option is to take it somewhere to be checked out.
Thank you so much. I just made a thread asking what all the letters stood for. Now I know.
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