There's a black screen every time I try to use a high shutter speed on the Nikon D5100?

When I use the nikon D5100 with a high shutter speed (on S mode), all it takes is a series of black photographs. Can someone help me with this? Xx

No offense intended, but you clearly don't understand the basics of photography and exposure. The faster the shutter speed, the less light gets to the sensor. If you select too fast of various shutter speed, too little light will make it to the sensor, leading to a dark photo. Read the book " Understanding Exposure "

The higher the shutter speed, the less time you're allowing light to hit the sensor. You have to compensate by using a larger aperture (f-stop), and/or increasing the ISO (light sensitivity).

It's like time and temperature when you bake. If you increase one, you need to lower the other. Otherwise, your cake will look like your camera screen.

Every setting you change has an effect on your photo. You need to learn what makes for a perfect balance and how to achieve it.

What the others say is true.

Had you looked at the light meter inside your viewfinder, you would have seen that it was telling you that you were going to get an underexposure.

Here is a link that will show you how to balance ISO, shutter speed and lens aperture to get near perfect exposures with your fine camera

http://camerasim.com/camera-simulator/

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Your shutter speed is too high for the lighting conditions.

When you set these things, you need to be sure you are still within the range of proper exposure.

When you are in S (Shutter Priority), the camera will automatically adjust the lens aperture to keep the exposure correct, but at some point, you will go beyond the capability of the lens to do so. You can extend that range by using a faster lens, higher ISO, etc.

Let this primarily be a lesson of not paying enough attention to the camera. You must remember that a camera, like everything else obeys the laws of physics, and if there isn't enough light, you will get a black picture.

Using a faster shutter speed reduces the amount of light getting to the sensor, normally the camera will compensate for this by adjusting the ISO and aperture to an appropriate setting, however the camera and lens are limited to the maximum selectable values, and when you try to use a shutter speed which requires the camera to exceed these limitations, the result will be a black picture, and your camera will warn you if this by flashing the message "UNDER." Ignore this information at your own peril.

Fundamentally to stop this from happening in future, you need to gain more experience and be able to read situations. Most photographers will be able to tell you from experience that if you're shooting indoors, it's almost impossible to get your shutter speed above 1/200 in the most ideal situations.

What you need to do is learn about the Exposure Triangle which consists of Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed. You also need to learn to use your camera's light meter.

This will help you learn the Exposure Triangle:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography

This will help you learn to actually use your camera as well as its light meter:
http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d5100/index.html Who better than Nikon to teach you to use your Nikon D5100?

You are setting the shutter speed too high for the lighting conditions. In S mode, the camera will automatically adjust the aperture to try to get a good exposure (and/or increase the ISO) - but if you need a very wide aperture, it's possible that the lens you have fitted won't open up enough to get enough light, so your iamge is underxposed, ie.black.

You need to learn the basics of exposure if you're going to use a DSLR, otherwise you might as well have bought a point & shoot.