Chadp Loc: Virginia Beach

I have recently acquired a D5500 and I was wondering how to set up better controls for shooting in manual mode. I am used to my Olympus OMD M10 II where I have one dial assigned to aperture and one assigned to shutter speed. I mainly take photos of my kids and with the Olympus I can dial it in pretty quickly with the two dials especially with the data provided in the electronic view finder.

With the Nikon it seems that the touch screen is more involved which is cumbersome. I know that you can hold the function button on the left of the camera to allow the dial to change ISO. But is there a quick way to dial in aperture and shutter speed while looking through the viewfinder without having to use the touch screen?

Spider223

While in manual mode the dial right above your thumb changes shutter speed, and holding the exposure compensation button down (to the right of the shutter release button), and turning the thumb dial changes your aperture.

ELNikkor

When you're set on "M", the thumbwheel changes the shutterspeed. Depress the button behind and to the right of the silver shutter button, then the thumbwheel changes the aperture. (That's how it works on my D5100, probably similar on the D5500)

Chadp Loc: Virginia Beach

Got it. Tried it. Sweet. Thanks for the quick responses. That was much easier than trying to find it in the manual. Lol.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

This image is from a D3100, but all Nikons have the same data in the viewfinder. Moving the front and rear command dials so the pointer is centered will get you a "perfect" exposure. Perfect as far as the build in light meter is concerned. You can always adjust for whatever look you are trying to achieve. It's a great place to start.