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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 161352" data-attributes="member: 13090">I agree this is probably the issue you're having since getting a focus-lock in low light situations can be difficult. The solution might be to take a good, powerful, flashlight (torch?) along on these trips. You can't have &quot;too much&quot; power in this situation, I might add... Anyway, you use the flashlight (torch) to &quot;light up&quot; the scene, just so you can get a focus lock, and then shut it off to take the actual shot.What I do is compose the rough shot with Auto Focus enabled, light up the scene with my flashlight to get the focus-lock, then I shut OFF the Auto Focus, recompose/tweak the framing as needed, then finally pop the shutter. And wait...As has already been explained, the &quot;job NR&quot; message is your camera telling you it is applying Noise Reduction and that you need to chill out while it does it's crazy, noise-reduction groove-thaaang.Hope that helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 161352, member: 13090"] I agree this is probably the issue you're having since getting a focus-lock in low light situations can be difficult. The solution might be to take a good, powerful, flashlight (torch?) along on these trips. You can't have "too much" power in this situation, I might add... Anyway, you use the flashlight (torch) to "light up" the scene, just so you can get a focus lock, and then shut it off to take the actual shot. What I do is compose the rough shot with Auto Focus enabled, light up the scene with my flashlight to get the focus-lock, then I shut OFF the Auto Focus, recompose/tweak the framing as needed, then finally pop the shutter. And wait... As has already been explained, the "job NR" message is your camera telling you it is applying Noise Reduction and that you need to chill out while it does it's crazy, noise-reduction groove-thaaang. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]

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