Slow Shutter Selection
Yesterday my D70 started acting a little strange. :sad: It seems to want to use a longer shutter speed than it has in the past. For instance, in Aperature Priority with wide open aperature (F/1.8 on my 50 mm or F/3.5 on my kit lens), the corresponding shutter speed the camera selects is on the order of 1/100 or 1/200ths of a second. Usually in this situation I should be getting 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/2000, 1/2500, or 1/3200 type shutter speeds. If I manually adjust the shutter speed up to the 1/800 to 1/2000 range my pictures turn out grossly underexposed.
Any ideas what might be causing this? Is there a setting I've messed up somewhere? Otherwise, I'm off to the camera store tonight to see what they have to say about this. Thanks in advance, Dave |
Check your ISO setting. Sounds like it used to be fairly high and now its lower. https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...AMconfused.gif At a setting of ~200 your shutter speeds will all be a great deal slower than if it is at ~1600.
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Yeah, I checked that.
I have had it on ISO 200 for quite some time and auto ISO has been turned off. The camera is still set on ISO 200. :confused: |
Maybe check your EV... the small button next to the shutter release. It's the one on the right with the +/- symbols on it, set it to 0. I don't think shutter speed changes at all from this but I can't think of anything else that might do it.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...AMconfused.gif You sure you're just not in a darker environment than when you previously metered faster shutter speeds? |
I checked the exposure compensation and that's not it either. :confused:
If I meter the broad daylight at F/3.5 I get a shutterspeed less than 1/200. That makes no sense to me and my old shooting data confirms that. The camera store I went to thought it might be dirty contacts between the camera and the lens. Cleaning those didn't help either. |
Yeah, in daylight at f/3.5 you should definately be in the 1/1000 range.
I've got no idea what the problem may be... but try www.nikonians.org, the people on there are really helpful and there are A LOT of D70 owners. |
Originally Posted by Kyle
Yeah, in daylight at f/3.5 you should definately be in the 1/1000 range.
I've got no idea what the problem may be... but try www.nikonians.org, the people on there are really helpful and there are A LOT of D70 owners. I'll check out the link. Thanks. :thumbsup: |
In daylight, using the crusty old "sunny 16 rule" - you should be shooting at 1/250th at F 16. At F 3.5, that puts you around 2000th of a second or higher. What metering mode? Spot or Matrix?
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I've used both Dan.
I just shot a picture with my 50mm F/1.8. The shot was @ F/1.8 and was looking straight at a 60 W light bulb (turned on). The fastest shutterspeed I could get was 1/800 (matrix), and this is with the lit bulb taking up a good chunk of the viewfinder. :roll: Shooting data (just imagine a picture of a lightbulb). Nikon D70 Lens: 50mm F/1.8D Aperture Priority 1/800 sec - F/1.8 matrix metering (spot metering the lit bulb gets me 1/1250. spot metering the white hot filament and the shutter speed goes to 1/2000) ISO = 200 Exposure Comp = 0 AF Mode: Manual Flash sync Mode: not attached I had to shoot manual because in addition to the shutter speed problem I have with the kit lens, my 50mm lens doesn't want to play nice and focus lock. Both of these problems crept up at the same time. :roll: I'm taking my camera in tomorrow for servicing. Hopefully they can figure something out, either that or get me a new camera (I paid RITZ for the replacement protection plan). |
Are you having this problem with all lenses? Or just the 50?
FWIW, I've already sent 1 D1X out for service adjustments / repair and have another one ready to go. Not cool when these cameras act up. We have been actively discussing a move to Canon if this keeps up. |
"hunting" for focus was happening on both my 18-70 and my 50 mm yesterday. Today the 18-70 will focus lock, but the 50 mm still hunts.
The "slower than expected shutter" problem shows up on both lenses. I was also having some slow shutter issues with the 80-200 F/2.8 AF-S lens that I rented. I paid for the RITZ replacement program and I'm actively considering a "switch" to a Canon 20D as an acceptable solution if this doesn't get fixed quickly. |
Battery power full? I get focus searching too at times...not sure if it's a digital SLR issue or the lens.
Whatever the case, I hope the problem gets rectified. |
Yes, the battery power is full.
Coming from the coolpix 4300, I'm very impressed with the battery life of the EN-EL3 battery in the D70. Dan & Kyle: Thanks for your time in trying to help me sort this. :thumbsup: :smile: |
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