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[Randa]

Hi!
I recently purchased the Nikon 3100 and have been reading the instruction manual, watching the DVD's, and playing with all the settings on the camera. Somehow I've done something that is making the aperture and shutter preferred functions not work and I cannot get them back! Also the flash no longer "pops" up when needed and instead I get a "low light" message. When I look at my settings, it looks as though auto flash is set in the "on" position but I must be missing something. In the "A" preferred mode, I can set the aperture I want but the shutter speed remains the same; likewise for the "S" mode--I can set the shutter speed I want but the aperture setting does not change. I keep scrolling through all the menu options, changing anything that looks promising, but nothing so far has "fixed" this problem. When I set the camera in full Auto mode, all seems to work fine. Help!!

Thanks!
Randa

[Sunni]

This occurred to me also when I was new to this camera . It happened because some settings are automatically disabled with some modes. There is nothing wrong with the camera... By the way you will learn all settings and read user manual thoroughly I know its painfull to read all those things but we cant do without reading it..

[ifranknw]

The flash will not automatically activate unless you are using full auto. In A and S modes, you need to choose to use the flash. I know this is only part of your question but, I am still thinking about your reported problem. When you are trying to work with A and S modes, are you in a constant light condition? I.E. always indoors with low light? If so, try working with the modes under a light source.