Raise Min Shutter Speed above 1/250th on 6D?

Hi All,
I just upgraded from the 20D to the 6D, and wanted to know, if its possible to set the min shutter speed above 1/250th of a sec on the 6D? If so, how? I wanted to know if I can set it above 1/640th or higher.
Thanks,

mlong219 wrote:
Hi Skirball,
You are correct! The reason why I want it near 1/800 is because I plan on shooting indoor sports with no flash, for the first time with this camera, and wanted to see if I can manually set my shutter to 1/1000th of sec as a min, and have my ISO set to auto. I normaly shoot in Manual mode.
I'd just use manual then, with Auto ISO.  Using Av won't offer much benefit, unless you're shooting in a highly dynamic lighting situation, or you really need to fine tune with exposure compensation.  Set your aperature and minimum acceptable shutter speed and just keep an eye on your ISO.  If it's getting below 400 or so then bump your shutter up.
I never used auto ISO until I got a 6D.  But the range of acceptible ISO is so good that it gives me a wide enough range for an "auto" experience.  My only complaint is that there isn't an exposure compensation for auto ISO in manual.

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