<p>If your shutter speed would be slower than 1/50, you wouldn't be able to make a movie.</p>

<p>A movie is a sequence of (typically) 24 or 30 pictures ('frames') per second; so to be able to make 30 pictures, each picture can only take 1/30 of a second. Considering that the camera needs to do some processing and refreshing of the receptors, 1/50 is just enough time to make those 30 shots in second.</p>

<p>You can check if your camera has a time-lapse setting, which means you take less than 30 frames per second, then you might be able to set a slower shutter speed. However, the result might be unattractive because any moving objects would be smeared.</p>

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Aganju
<p>I have Nikon d5200. And I am trying to shoot video in manual mode. Movie setting is set to <code>ON</code> from main menu. I can't record video until I switched to live view. And when I switched to live view, shutter speed of my camera sets to 1/50. I can increase the speed to 1/60, 1/80 and so on. But I can't slow it down to 1/40, 1/30 and so on.</p>

<p>Now if I set Movie settings <code>OFF</code>, I am able to change the shutter speed. But actually it doesn't change. I mean it shows on the screen that it is changed but in recorded video there is no change.</p>

<p>Is this the bug of Nikon d5200? Or am I missing some settings? Can it be resolved with some settings, tricks, or firmware update.</p>

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2016-07-06T06:11:47.950Z
I can't even change aperture. :(
Amit Kumar Gupta
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There is a video stackexchange forum. You should post your question there.
kazanaki
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Even if shooting video at 30fps the camera probably won't allow a "shutter" speed longer than about 1/50 second. This is because with only one sensor each frame has to be recorded and read out before the next frame can be recorded. If each frame is recorded for, say 1/5 second, then you would need multiple sensors and lenses to start a new frame 30 times per second.
Michael C
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2016-07-06T11:44:49.193Z
@PhilipKendall That is ambiguous. The exposure time can be **no longer** than the frame time, but there's no *a priori* reason a camera can't take 1/2000 images at a 30 fps rate.  I'm hoping :-) you meant "no longer" when you wrote "less than"  .
Carl Witthoft
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2016-07-06T11:50:42.693Z
@PhilipKendall well, as a (not-quite-ex)physicist, I fully commiserate with you.
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How to change shutter speed on manual mode when movie setting is on?
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# How to change shutter speed on manual mode when movie setting is on?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-06)

I have Nikon d5200. And I am trying to shoot video in manual mode. Movie setting is set to `ON` from main menu. I can't record video until I switched to live view. And when I switched to live view, shutter speed of my camera sets to 1/50. I can increase the speed to 1/60, 1/80 and so on. But I can't slow it down to 1/40, 1/30 and so on.

Now if I set Movie settings `OFF`, I am able to change the shutter speed. But actually it doesn't change. I mean it shows on the screen that it is changed but in recorded video there is no change.

Is this the bug of Nikon d5200? Or am I missing some settings? Can it be resolved with some settings, tricks, or firmware update.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I can't even change aperture. :(  
> **username_1**: There is a video stackexchange forum. You should post your question there.  
> **username_2**: Even if shooting video at 30fps the camera probably won't allow a "shutter" speed longer than about 1/50 second. This is because with only one sensor each frame has to be recorded and read out before the next frame can be recorded. If each frame is recorded for, say 1/5 second, then you would need multiple sensors and lenses to start a new frame 30 times per second.  
> **username_3**: @PhilipKendall That is ambiguous. The exposure time can be **no longer** than the frame time, but there's no *a priori* reason a camera can't take 1/2000 images at a 30 fps rate.  I'm hoping :-) you meant "no longer" when you wrote "less than"  .  
> **username_3**: @PhilipKendall well, as a (not-quite-ex)physicist, I fully commiserate with you.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2016-07-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

If your shutter speed would be slower than 1/50, you wouldn't be able to make a movie.

A movie is a sequence of (typically) 24 or 30 pictures ('frames') per second; so to be able to make 30 pictures, each picture can only take 1/30 of a second. Considering that the camera needs to do some processing and refreshing of the receptors, 1/50 is just enough time to make those 30 shots in second.

You can check if your camera has a time-lapse setting, which means you take less than 30 frames per second, then you might be able to set a slower shutter speed. However, the result might be unattractive because any moving objects would be smeared.


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