D40 and night scene photography

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Hi all

I recently bought a D40 and over the weekend I experimented with long exposures at night time. I found that when I set the camera to shutter priority (to be able to set long exposures) I'm unable to deactivate the flash. I had a peek in the camera's manual and alas, you cannot disable flash in MASP modes.

Surely the flash will interfere with my long exposures at night, so what am I supposed to do?

Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
 
I have a D40 and you can disable flash as I've never had it pop up in nearly 2 years regardless what I'm shooting.

Can't remember how exactly but I'll have a quick look and let you know.
 
the flash wont pop up in any of the MASP modes - in these modes if you want flash you have to manually release it to pop it up.
 
tim_uk said:
the flash wont pop up in any of the MASP modes - in these modes if you want flash you have to manually release it to pop it up.
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That's what I thought, couldn't remember whether or not I turned something off in the menus.
 
Yup - MASP modes mean you have to press the flash button on the side to get it to pop up...
 
That's news to me. I, too, have a D40 and I've never had the flash pop up on me in the many times I've taken night time photography.
It looks like you've got it set so that the flash comes on regardless of conditions, as in "forced flash", perhaps that needs disabling.
(The camera's in the other room and I'm too lazy to get up to get it! How terrible is that? But then again, I got up for work at 4 am this morning!).
 
soliberus said:
Hi all

I recently bought a D40 and over the weekend I experimented with long exposures at night time. I found that when I set the camera to shutter priority (to be able to set long exposures) I'm unable to deactivate the flash. I had a peek in the camera's manual and alas, you cannot disable flash in MASP modes.

Surely the flash will interfere with my long exposures at night, so what am I supposed to do?

Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Cellotape is your friend :naughty:. Just tape the b****r down!

No, seriously, you do have to select "Flash off" to avoid this happening.

Just hit the "Info" button to bring up the full shooting display on the rear LCD panel. When you then hit the "OK" button (I think :thinking:), you get a yellow cursor over the grey menu and can use the direction arrows to move around it. Move the cursor over the different flash icons, which appear in the bottom left corner of this menu. You'll see one icon, which is a lightning bolt with a 'prohibited' sign across it - this is your real friend :naughty:. Select that icon and from this day forward, your flash will never pop up again, unless you select some other option, or hit the little black button on the left hand side of the flash housing.

Simple :thumbs:!
 
Thanks for all the replies. I've tested it last night and I can confirm that the flash didn't pop up in MASP modes. I must have pressed the flash button (on the casing) during my 1st experiment with long exposures.
 
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