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How to get 1/4000th sec. shutter speed with your D2


drdannn

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I stumbled on to this by accident. Maybe it's in the users manual, but I didn't look. Often I shoot with the lens of the Digilux 2 wide open, and sometimes the 'red light' comes on in the EVF, meaning that I'm over exposed, which would exceed the maximum shutter speed of 1/2000th. I then put the camera in the full auto mode, i.e. auto aperture, auto shutter, and composed the same shot into very bright light. Surprisingly the shutter speed will incrementally increase from 1/2000th all the way to 1/4000th. FYI if you didn't already know :o Dan

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I stumbled on to this by accident. Maybe it's in the users manual, but I didn't look. Often I shoot with the lens of the Digilux 2 wide open, and sometimes the 'red light' comes on in the EVF, meaning that I'm over exposed, which would exceed the maximum shutter speed of 1/2000th. I then put the camera in the full auto mode, i.e. auto aperture, auto shutter, and composed the same shot into very bright light. Surprisingly the shutter speed will incrementally increase from 1/2000th all the way to 1/4000th. FYI if you didn't already know :o Dan

 

Shhhhh!!!!

 

Actually, it is listed in the camera's specs.

 

JT

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I then put the camera in the full auto mode, i.e. auto aperture, auto shutter, and composed the same shot into very bright light. Surprisingly the shutter speed will incrementally increase from 1/2000th all the way to 1/4000th. FYI if you didn't already know :o Dan

 

Interesting finding! But if the camera is in full auto-mode how do you ensure that the camera will increase the shutter speed rather than decrease the aperture?

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Interesting finding! But if the camera is in full auto-mode how do you ensure that the camera will increase the shutter speed rather than decrease the aperture?
Hi, Didn't play with it from that perspective. I was trying to get a back-lit shot and ran out of shutter speed. So just tried the full auto settings into the same light and the shutter would fluctuate between 1/2600 and 1/4000 depending on where I pointed the camera, and gave me great exposures. Did you try it out too? Dan
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