How to use Nikon D3000 shutter speed?

Question

I have a Nikon D3000 and I want to make the shutter speed last about 5 seconds.. I'm not a photographer and only bought the camera for higher quality photos so I know nothing about the settings. If someone could give me a step-by-step. I put the dial on ''S'' but no option comes up for my to change any settings.

This is the type of photo I'm trying to re-create http://www.glowland.co.uk/i/image.jpg

Thank you :)

Answer 1

Have you tried picking up and reading your Owners Manual? The Owners Manual comes with the camera for a reason which covers so much basic information including on how to change the shutter speed 5 seconds and greater.



Try looking at pages 69 and 72 of the Owners Manual

http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D3000_ENnoprint.pdf

Answer 2

Since you don't have the Owners Manual. It's not that difficult to Goggle the information for the Owners Manual which all you had needed to do was to type in "Nikon D3000 Owners Manual" then click on the link that goes with the Nikon D3000 Owners Manual.



By The Way DEAD had done the work for you by providing the pages and link for the Owners Manual on the Nikon D3000

Answer 3

Set to S then turn dial to the left until you see 5" for 5 seconds in the viewfinder. Download a manual from Nikon's website. If you want longer, use Bulb in M mode.

Answer 4

Your manual will tell you how to change speeds - you're looking for, 'B,' or, 'Bulb,' (different names for the same thing).



You can download a free pdf manual from Nikon.

Answer 5

Download the instructions from the Nikon website and read them.