Nikon SLR Cameras

Can't change shutter speed on my DSLR?

CANDY
23.06.2019
CANDY

I'm on manual mode on my Nikon 3400, but I can't change the shutter speed to slower than 60 and this yellow icon shows up, what does that mean? The icon on the upper left, below the big M Can t change shutter speed on my DSLR

Robert J
23.06.2019
Robert J

A 60th of a second is already very slow, in exposure terms.

The camera must be on a tripod, for longer exposures, to avoid image shake / blurring.

Thumbs down? Strange.
The symbol on the screen clearly shows a camera mounted on a tripod!

Andrew
23.06.2019
Andrew

Why not go out on a limb here and READ THE MANUAL?

Hand-holding below 1/60th is difficult, as Robert J has already pointed out.

Iridflare
23.06.2019
Iridflare

You're in Manual Movie mode, not Manual!

Frank
23.06.2019
Frank

You're in movie mode which fixes the shutter speed. The icon is a movie camera (think old school film movie camera) on a tripod.

qrk
23.06.2019
qrk

As Frank states, you are in movie mode. If you read your manual about movie mode you'll find out that the shutter speed can't be slower than the frame rate. I take that back, the manual is a pathetic piece of junk which tells you very little about how your camera operates. Nikon should be ashamed of that manual. Anyway, you can't set a shutter speed less than the frame rate as noted in better written Nikon manuals.