digabella
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Hi guys,
I just joined today. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and learning about my camera. I've just started learning and have been trying to learn the basics. This question may not be basic but I have been unable to find anything on the internet, so I thought I would just ask here. I have a Nikon d40x with the factory 18 to 55 lens. If I try to take a picture in the dark (Once we were in a cave and I could not get it to take any pics) I always push the button half way down to focus it but when it is pretty dark it won't ever focus so it will never fire. Is there a way around this short of going to manual focus. I did try that but I literally would have to focus a little, shoot see how out of focus it was adjust and try again. That's a pain. So, is there something wrong with my camera that it is doing this or how does other people accomplish pictures in the dark.
Thanks,
Angie
I just joined today. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and learning about my camera. I've just started learning and have been trying to learn the basics. This question may not be basic but I have been unable to find anything on the internet, so I thought I would just ask here. I have a Nikon d40x with the factory 18 to 55 lens. If I try to take a picture in the dark (Once we were in a cave and I could not get it to take any pics) I always push the button half way down to focus it but when it is pretty dark it won't ever focus so it will never fire. Is there a way around this short of going to manual focus. I did try that but I literally would have to focus a little, shoot see how out of focus it was adjust and try again. That's a pain. So, is there something wrong with my camera that it is doing this or how does other people accomplish pictures in the dark.
Thanks,
Angie