D80 Shutter speeds question - PhotoCamel

radicalwillie · 02-02-2008

Hello,
I am a new DSLR owner and have a question about the way the Nikon D80 displays the shutter speeds. I see from the manual that it has a range of 30 seconds to 1/4000. As I place the camera in "M" and start scrolling through the shutter speeds I see that it starts at 30" ( 30 parenthesis). This is obviously representing 30 seconds, no problem there. As I scroll down, eventually I reach 1" (1 parenthesis) and then the next step is 1.3 (1.3 NO parenthesis). What is the 1.3 representing.....1/3 of a second or 1/1.3 of a second?
Thanks!

dsp · 02-02-2008

" is the notation for seconds. Anything with " is seconds, everything with no notation is 1/x, in this case, 1/1.3

radicalwillie · 02-02-2008

Thanks Dave!

dsp · 02-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by radicalwillie

Thanks Dave!

No problem.

02-02-2008	#1 (permalink)
radicalwillie Alpaca Posts: 6 CamelKarma: 10 Gallery \| Blog	D80 Shutter speeds question Hello, I am a new DSLR owner and have a question about the way the Nikon D80 displays the shutter speeds. I see from the manual that it has a range of 30 seconds to 1/4000. As I place the camera in "M" and start scrolling through the shutter speeds I see that it starts at 30" ( 30 parenthesis). This is obviously representing 30 seconds, no problem there. As I scroll down, eventually I reach 1" (1 parenthesis) and then the next step is 1.3 (1.3 NO parenthesis). What is the 1.3 representing.....1/3 of a second or 1/1.3 of a second? Thanks! __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.

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dsp Vicuna Location: Massachusetts Posts: 187 CamelKarma: 196 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: D80 Shutter speeds question " is the notation for seconds. Anything with " is seconds, everything with no notation is 1/x, in this case, 1/1.3
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radicalwillie Alpaca Posts: 6 CamelKarma: 10 Gallery \| Blog	Re: D80 Shutter speeds question Thanks Dave!

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