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Hi I am relatively new to photography and I have a bit of an odd query. The only function I have learnt to use (other than auto) is the AV setting ( though I have played around with other settings). However, whilst I have being trying out other settings I think I may have altered something fundamental. Now when I use the AV setting my shutter speed is really slow and I can’t change it no matter how much I change the ISO etc. Where the shutter speed normally shows on the display screen it is also no longer showing it's just a blank box. Is this a setting issue or is it a technical issue that is going to require fixing professionally? If anybody has any help or advice it would be greatly appreciated. I am scared of playing with the set up too much without advice as I don’t know what I am doing (hence why I think I have caused this) and am worried I will make it worse! Thank you in advance!
 
Welcome to TP. You haven’t given any details of which camera you are using.
 
Hey there, this is normal for the AV setting which takes the aperture you selected and then automatically picks the shutter speed. It looks like the scene you're shooting is rather dark if the shutter speed is too slow. Try the TV mode which is the other way around, you pick the shutter speed. Worth spending a bit of time on an intro to the controls and the manual too.
 
In the profile it says @CocoFray has a Canon 750D.

So hopefully @CocoFray can at least confirm and also say if they have a manual? And perhaps say which lens or lenses are being used???

Lots of help & support here at TP plus numerous online resources should they be of any support in future.
 
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TimHughes said:
Hey there, this is normal for the AV setting which takes the aperture you selected and then automatically picks the shutter speed. It looks like the scene you're shooting is rather dark if the shutter speed is too slow. Try the TV mode which is the other way around, you pick the shutter speed. Worth spending a bit of time on an intro to the controls and the manual too.
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It's not in the slightest bit normal.
 
CocoFray said:
Hi I am relatively new to photography and I have a bit of an odd query. The only function I have learnt to use (other than auto) is the AV setting ( though I have played around with other settings). However, whilst I have being trying out other settings I think I may have altered something fundamental. Now when I use the AV setting my shutter speed is really slow and I can’t change it no matter how much I change the ISO etc. Where the shutter speed normally shows on the display screen it is also no longer showing it's just a blank box. Is this a setting issue or is it a technical issue that is going to require fixing professionally? If anybody has any help or advice it would be greatly appreciated. I am scared of playing with the set up too much without advice as I don’t know what I am doing (hence why I think I have caused this) and am worried I will make it worse! Thank you in advance!
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Have you accidentally put the camera into Bulb mode?
 
Hi all thanks for the responses indeed I am using a canon 750D...what is bulb mode please and how do I check if I've accidentally switched it on? The lens is a short one 30mm-55mm I think I'll double check when I get home. I was playing about with the settings first and walking the dog at the same time so I fear it may be a case of me accidentally knocking a setting on as we walked along
Thanks
 
CocoFray said:
Hi all thanks for the responses indeed I am using a canon 750D...what is bulb mode please and how do I check if I've accidentally switched it on? The lens is a short one 30mm-55mm I think I'll double check when I get home. I was playing about with the settings first and walking the dog at the same time so I fear it may be a case of me accidentally knocking a setting on as we walked along
Thanks
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Have you got the user guide (Canon manual) for the camera?
 
CocoFray said:
Hi all thanks for the responses indeed I am using a canon 750D...what is bulb mode please and how do I check if I've accidentally switched it on? The lens is a short one 30mm-55mm I think I'll double check when I get home. I was playing about with the settings first and walking the dog at the same time so I fear it may be a case of me accidentally knocking a setting on as we walked along
Thanks
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Bulb mode is one where the shutter stays open for as long as you press the shutter. I think the 750D would say "bulb" if it was in that mode?
 
CocoFray said:
Is this a setting issue or is it a technical issue that is going to require fixing professionally?
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Far more often than not these things are a setting. If all else fails there is usually a "Reset to factory settings" option in the menus
 
Thanks everyone and thanks for the link to the user manual I've misplaced mine ....it's just this bit that is blank... see red circle. Can't see that I says bulb anywhere so may have to resort to trying the factory reset !
 

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CocoFray said:
Thanks everyone and thanks for the link to the user manual I've misplaced mine ....it's just this bit that is blank... see red circle. Can't see that I says bulb anywhere so may have to resort to trying the factory reset !
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This is normal, see the YouTube video link I posted above. The camera is calculating the necessary shutter speed from the aperture and ISO. If the shuttter is too long and you can’t increase ISO then you either need to put the camera on a tripod so it doesn’t move (works for a static subject) or add more light maybe with a flash.
 
PS is that F22 or f2.2 in the image? If it’s 22 then open up as wide as possible, ie the lowest possible number.
 
@CocoFray my Panasonic camera has a screen looking similar. Touch the shutter button lightly and your shutter speed will appear in the empty space.
 
TimHughes said:
PS is that F22 or f2.2 in the image? If it’s 22 then open up as wide as possible, ie the lowest possible number.
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Just a quick bit of explanation on this.
The Aperture controls the size of the hole which lets in light to the sensor - and a bigger number is a smaller hole (so f/2.2 woudl be a big hole, f/22 would be a very small hole).
As the aperture gets smaller (IE larger number), the time the shutter needs to be open to let in the same amount of light increases - so with f/22 you will have a very long shutter speed, and f/2.2 a much shorter shutter speed.
It may be that f/22 is so small, that the shutter speed is too long - hence it cannot set a value.
 
d00d said:
@CocoFray my Panasonic camera has a screen looking similar. Touch the shutter button lightly and your shutter speed will appear in the empty space.
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I'm curious if that works, sounds good, but I don't recall that being possible on Canon DSLRs.
 
There might be a bad contact to the lens, just taking it off and putting on again might fix it a quick gentle wipe of them too not a bad idea.
I can't really imagine any setting combo other than auto not showing a shutter speed which is pretty basic camera stuff.
 
Not seeing the shutter speed on that screen is perfectly normal inAv - it’s not shown on that screen (brief exceptions to that but not muddying the water here) - so don’t worry - nothing’s wrong. Here’s my 600D (get the same on my 5D2 as well……)
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As for the long shutter speed then having an aperture set to f/22 will, as people have said above, will most likely be the cause of that. Try a wider aperture (low f number) and see if that changes things.
 
TimHughes said:
I'm curious if that works, sounds good, but I don't recall that being possible on Canon DSLRs.
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Doesn’t apply to Canons. Starting metering with a “half press” switches that display off. The only time you’ll see the shutter speed is if you switch to that display immediately after the half-press (ie while metering is still active) and it then disappears once metering is over. Only way to see the selected speed on the display is to switch to liveview.
 
Thank you all so much in the end I had to do the factory reset which has worked! Thank you for all the advice...noted for future reference too!
 
CocoFray said:
Thank you all so much in the end I had to do the factory reset which has worked! Thank you for all the advice...noted for future reference too!
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You’re at f22, if that’s in very low light there’s no way the camera will get you a shutter speed shorter than 30 secs.

See what happens at a larger Aperture (smaller number)
 
Thanks everyone for the advice I did try at various f numbers none worked...I have no idea what I did but I looked at the manual people shared and worked out how to factory reset and all is well...phew!! Thanks again lovely people
 
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