fstop and shutter speed not working...help!!!

[newfiejeff]

Hi, got a cheap camera to start on and planning on moving up I have a Fuji s1000 camera and I am not sure what I am doing is right or not. I take pictures outdoors and I place it in the Shutter speed mode because I want to take water running. I am limited to what I can adjust the shutter speed because the automatic aperture setting will go out of range and the picture will have the wrong exposure. So I am not getting the picture that I want. Is it the camera or is it something I am not doing? I took some pictures of a moving light inside the house in low light and lowering the shutter speed and it worked fine.

Jeff

[ksbryan0]

Jeff, you need to realize that there are limits to how small the aperture can go (large F-stop), so if you are trying to take your image in bright light, you will not likely get the effect you are looking for. I don't know your camera, but it is likely that if you set a shutter speed and the camera cannot automatically adjust the aperture to give a correct exposure, it won't allow you to take a picture at all. Try to shoot when the ambient light is low, or use a neutral density filter to artificially reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor.

[Frog]

Post an example and we might be able to get an idea of what you are after.
Ken is right. If the light is too bright for a slow shutter speed even with a small aperture, then it just won't work.