Shutter locked at 1/250th :-(

[lewtashjosh]

Hello everyone, I have a recently purchased a Canon 30D and it seem that the maximum I can go with the shutter is only 1/250th when i know that it is capable of 1/8000th, is there anything I can do to change this Many Thanks Lewis the (newbie)

[carregwen]

Hello everyone, I have a recently purchased a Canon 30D and it seem that the maximum I can go with the shutter is only 1/250th when i know that it is capable of 1/8000th, is there anything I can do to change this Many Thanks Lewis the (newbie)

Hi Lewis, and welcome to here!

Have a look at Sean's (site owner) tutorial here on exposure and light. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...a-exposure.htm

It all depends what settings you are using. Can you give a few more details - what settings are you trying?

[lewtashjosh]

I am shooting in Manual Mode with the camera

[Colin Southern]

I'm guessing that the camera either has a flash in the hotshoe, or the camera THINKS there is a flash in the hotshoe. Have a look throught the view finder - press the shutter release 1/2 way down e- and sse if the flash "lightning bolt" symbol appears.

If it does - and there's no flash - then I'd say that the microswitch is stuck down.

[carregwen]

I am shooting in Manual Mode with the camera

OK, in manual you can set both aperture and speed to whatever you want, but the exposure indicator will go off-centre if it's too dark or light. To get a 'normal' exposure you want the indicator to show at the centre of the range, but you can have it more or less than that for a more creative shot. Can you not do that? I just did it with my camera.

What camera do you have? Make and model.

[lewtashjosh]

I have no problems what so ever setting exposures with the meter, aperture, ISO are fine ...but getting the shutter faster that 1/250th is just not happening, I have a Canon 30D

[carregwen]

I have no problems what so ever setting exposures with the meter, aperture, ISO are fine ...but getting the shutter faster that 1/250th is just not happening, I have a Canon 30D

Do you have a flash unit attached as Colin suggested above?

[lewtashjosh]

There is no flash unit attached to the body

[carregwen]

There is no flash unit attached to the body

Then I'd say you have a stuck micro-switch as Colin suggested. With any DSLR in manual mode you should be able to set whatever you want.

[Colin Southern]

There is no flash unit attached to the body

Is the flash symbol showing in the viewfinder?

Does the popup flash popup when you hit the button?

[lewtashjosh]

No the flash does not pop up when pressing the button, could it be something to do with the custom settings ?

[timo2]

Have you tried resetting the camera to its defaults?

[lewtashjosh]

Fantastic reseting the camera back to it's default factory settings has worked ...thankyou so much

[timo2]

It's always either that or a good bash with a hammer