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<blockquote data-quote="Boomer" data-source="post: 41198" data-attributes="member: 7973"><p>Two important tips:</p><p>1 - Put the lens on manual focus and find something far away to manually set the focus to infinity. The D3100 won't let you take a shot with autofocus turned on if it can't find the focus (like lights far away in the sky) and all the way clockwise is not the infinity setting.</p><p></p><p>2 - Turn off noise reduction. The noise reduction function in the camera takes as long to process as the shutter speed. OK for 1/250 of a second, but not so good for a 30 second exposure. If noise is a problem, there are third party programs that run on your PC to process the image.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and be sure to post pictures!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomer, post: 41198, member: 7973"] Two important tips: 1 - Put the lens on manual focus and find something far away to manually set the focus to infinity. The D3100 won't let you take a shot with autofocus turned on if it can't find the focus (like lights far away in the sky) and all the way clockwise is not the infinity setting. 2 - Turn off noise reduction. The noise reduction function in the camera takes as long to process as the shutter speed. OK for 1/250 of a second, but not so good for a 30 second exposure. If noise is a problem, there are third party programs that run on your PC to process the image. Good luck and be sure to post pictures! [/QUOTE]
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