camera didn't shoot...

[fallia]

D3100 i was on my porch it was a misting rain camera was set in auto, manual and aperture priority...there was a lighting storm in the distance i was trying to shoot and it didn't want to fire...i thought the mist might be screwing with the camera (yes/no?)...made me wonder about night shots in general, i need to practice those

[Sime]

auto focus? set it to manual focus and focus on something near the storm...

[Bruce A]

Originally Posted by fallia

D3100 i was on my porch it was a misting rain camera was set in auto, manual and aperture priority...there was a lighting storm in the distance i was trying to shoot and it didn't want to fire...i thought the mist might be screwing with the camera (yes/no?)...made me wonder about night shots in general, i need to practice those

I don't know the D3100 - can you actually set it to both manual and aperture priority? Because Apeture priority is sort of a combo of both. I think your problem was the lighting. You should have changed to S priority, chosen a slow shutter and let the camera sort the aperture.

[BryanC]

Originally Posted by Sime

auto focus? set it to manual focus and focus on something near the storm...

That was the first thing that came to mind, too. If it's dark, auto focus can't "see" to lock onto something so, it keeps hunting and hunting and hunting...and the shutter won't trigger.

[sk66]

I'm guessing the "manual" was manual focus...and with focus priority release the camera will not fire until it sees focus.