BebuLamar

What bothers me the most is that the OP asked a question and then never response back to all the answers. It bothers me even more than when someone uses bad words.

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

.....Yes...very frustrating to many here, I'm sure. I, like many here, love to see/hear that things have been resolved - or not! .....

User ID

Yup. When I was in retail, a ways waaaaay back,
and cameras commonly offered only A mode and
Manual, customers understood shutter speed but
had little or zero grasp of DoF. So they wanted to
control the shutter speed, not the f-stop, while
relying auto-exposure.

I routinely just pointed out to them that in using
aperture priority AE they were really choosing a
shutter speed. Just turn that handy f-stop ring,
right nearby to the focusing ring [pre-AF days],
and you ARE setting a shutter speed.

A-mode has STILL not changed.

FWIW, I think you'll get closer what you're after
by working in P-mode. Try it out.

BTW if you acquired your older body as used, the
prior owner might have reset the assignments of
the control wheels to other than factory defaults.
You might have enjoyed the customization done
without your input or awareness, and assumed
it was factory normal [default]. If so, then read
the user manual [in PDF form] to learn how you
can regain the settings of your previous camera.

BebuLamar

My Nikon F5 when in A mode you can't change the shutter speed by turning the main command dial. However, Nikon has added the "Easy Exposure Compensation" feature on newer camera so most of Nikon DSLR's you can enable this feature. When this feature is enable you can change the shutter speed by turning the main command dial in A mode.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Well technically this may be true, it’s on over simplification. You’re not just changing the shutter speed, you’re changing the exposure.

BebuLamar

If the light doesn't change how can you change the shutter speed alone without changing exposure? So you mean someone wants to change the shutter speed alone and not the aperture, ISO or the subject brightness and not changing the exposure? That's not even possible in manual mode.

AlGreg

There is a setting deep in the menu of the D7200 that will make the shutter wheel either change or not change shutter speed in A priority. I had the opposite problem. I spent a day at the zoo with my new D7200, confident that I could use A priority and auto ISO and come home with some great pictures. I carried the camera in my right hand and as I walked, my thumb was changing my stutter speed. Result was almost all of 250 pictures were not exposed correctly. I found the answer to my problem with a search on UHH. I can't remember what I did, but I was able to make the shutter speed wheel non responsive to an accidental change.

Bill_de Loc: US

He has made a total of 137 posts, 12 topics, in 7 years. He may not be aware of online protocol.

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SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

The OP asked about changing the shutter speed when in A mode. You and some others mentioned using EC to change the shutter speed. I was simply pointing out this would also change the exposure.

jerry43 Loc: Central California

Go to Nikon.com look for manuals and down load it to your phone