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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mfrankfort" data-source="post: 159910" data-attributes="member: 12881"><p>I'm not sure what camera/lens your using.  If the camera can not set focus, it will not shoot, unless in your settings (camera specific) you tell it to shoot, even if it doesn't achieve focus.  Some lenses, mostly telephoto lenses have a pretty high f stop number as a minimum aperture.  This means that it doesn't let in as much light as other lenses.  This also means that in low light, it's really hard for that lens/camera to get enough light through the lens to achieve focus.  Is the AF assist beam on?  That usually helps the problem a bit.  What kind of camera/lens are you using?  Pick up a 50mm 1.8... that's a wonderful cheap lens in low light.</p></blockquote><p></p>