Question about D7200 and A priority: My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way...

Isa Loc: Lake Lure, NC

My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way the D7200 operates? How can I get the rear dial to be able to change the shutter speed without going into manual? Is it even possible? The Refurb D7200 did not come with a camera manual, so I am not able to answer my questions by reading it. Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.

Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida

In A priority you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed .In S priority you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture. Here is a link to Nikon's free download for the d7200

https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/197/D7200.html

Silverrails

Isa wrote:

My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way the D7200 operates? How can I get the rear dial to be able to change the shutter speed without going into manual? Is it even possible? The Refurb D7200 did not come with a camera manual, so I am not able to answer my questions by reading it. Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.

Sounds strange. Maybe go online and find a Download version of the D7200 Owners manual. Was this a Nikon factory Refurbished camera? Sounds like the "Refurb" may not have been properly done.

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

...Download a Manual copy at https://www.nikon.com ! Great camera!

Dang...already answered...Still to slow!!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Isa wrote:

My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way the D7200 operates? How can I get the rear dial to be able to change the shutter speed without going into manual? Is it even possible? The Refurb D7200 did not come with a camera manual, so I am not able to answer my questions by reading it. Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.

Yep. Thats the way APERTURE priority works. Always has been, always will be.
Exactly how your stolen D7000 worked too.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

As you know you can use manual to set the aperture and shutter speed. If you don't know how to get the proper exposure just set the camera on Auto ISO and it will adjust exposure depending on your metering. If you want to learn how to set exposure properly and how a camera works get the book Understanding Exposure 3rd edition by Bryan Peterson. If learned it takes all the guess work out of photography or at least how to use the camera in All its settings...

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Are you sure you’re not in Program mode? In P mode, you can change the aperture with the rear dial but you can’t change the shutter speed with the front dial. For a manual, you can download a free PDF manual from the Nikon website.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

MT Shooter wrote:

Yep. Thats the way APERTURE priority works. Always has been, always will be.
Exactly how your stolen D7000 worked too.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

This is a new for me. If a camera is set to work in Aperture Priority we select the aperture and the camera will select the shutter speed. Program, as Flexible Program will allow to change shutter speed maintaining the reciprocal aperture for the exposure. If selecting Shutter Priority then we pick the shutter speed we want to use and the camera will select the aperture. In Shutter Priority we CANNOT select an aperture because the camera does it automatically.

Read the instructions manual because your D7000 did the same thing.

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

Isa wrote:

My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way the D7200 operates? How can I get the rear dial to be able to change the shutter speed without going into manual? Is it even possible? The Refurb D7200 did not come with a camera manual, so I am not able to answer my questions by reading it. Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.

Check to see if your front and rear adjustment control wheels are not reversed. That can be set in your menu.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

gvarner wrote:

Are you sure you’re not in Program mode? In P mode, you can change the aperture with the rear dial but you can’t change the shutter speed with the front dial. For a manual, you can download a free PDF manual from the Nikon website.

In P mode you select a combination of aperture and shutter speed, meaning the camera evaluates the scene and gives you one combination of settings to achieve that exposure. You change that combination with the rear wheel. Aperture priority is different in that you choose an aperture and the camera determines the other settings, (shutter speed, ISO if you're in auto ISO), based on that aperture. If you're unhappy with those settings you can change them by changing the aperture. subtle difference but it's real.

BebuLamar

You can change the shutter speed in A mode too but I don't know if you want to. If you enable the "Easy Exposure Compensation" (Menu b3) then when in A mode and you turn the rear dial the shutter speed will change.

chipwilder

Generally speaking, if you are allowing the camera to select the final parameter for proper exposure, you can only select 2 parameters ( aperture, shutter or ISO). If you are in A mode, you have selected the aperture and ISO & the camera metering system determines the shutter speed. If you want to control both the aperture & shutter speed, set the ISO to auto.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Isa wrote:

My D7000 was stolen and I purchased a refurb D7200. When I put it into A priority, I am not allowed to change the shutter speed. Is this the way the D7200 operates? How can I get the rear dial to be able to change the shutter speed without going into manual? Is it even possible? The Refurb D7200 did not come with a camera manual, so I am not able to answer my questions by reading it. Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.

A (Aperture) Priority means you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed. Is this not how your D7000 worked? If you want to set both yourself, that's M (Manual) mode.
You can undoubtedly download a manual for your D7200. Did you not think of that?

I'll do you a favor and give you the link:

https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/197/D7200.html

You sound like you need some instruction on using a camera.

Phillip Prichard

Go on the App Store and go to Manual Viewer 2 and you can download the manual for any Nikon DSLR