I read different reviews here. One person says "use in bright daylight only" while another talks about taking pictures of the moon. Who knows which?
882899
I don't take pictures of the moon but it works very well in daylight it takes a little practice to get the perfect pictures
882900
I have been able to use this lens in both light conditions, time lapse works well .
2060109
I own one, and have taken it everywhere since Olympus net it to me to review. I think the UW shots are pretty good, not as sharp as the Hero, but as sharp as my Lumix TS5. I have not tried night shots of the sky, but have shot outdoor parties. Samples: http://digital-photography-school.com/review-olympus-tg-850-tough-waterproof-camera/
1364400
Yes, I recently took photos in bright sunlight of my flowers in full bloom. I have had no problems with outdoor photos,but I think they turn out better if you keep the sun behind you. I love this camera. It's my second one. It's a simple camera & for the price you can't beat the quality of the photos.
388179
I have found that it produces acceptable images in fairly low light. I don't try to take pictures in almost total darkness so I have no experience there. Under a full moon it took acceptable pictures of animals in my yard. HTH
297979
I really can't help with this. I did take a picture of the moon with my "point and shoot" camera by just pointing it through the eyepiece and it was quite successful. I think it is possible to buy attachments that will allow one to attach a DSLR in place of the eyepiece and take pictures, but I have never tried that - would need some research.
1117320
I used it to photograph the moon and it was great. I bought it for long shots at wildlife but the sky shots are great.
556907
Stars??? The moon..yes! I was able to get the moon by stabilizing the entire lens with the use of a bean bag and using MUP reduce shutter vibration.
1564266
I've taken pictures of the moon over trees and also sunsets over rice fields in our area. In my opinion, this camera takes great pictures.....
2116362
You don't say what setting you used. You haven't even asked a question. I'm guessing you were in full automatic, and your question is "How can I get good photos of the moon every time?" Did you press the shutter button half-way down and wait for the green light? Maybe the shutter speed was too slow for a good hand-held shot. You should use the eye-level viewfinder in this situation; it's just easier to hold the camera steady that way. Or you could use manual focus set to infinity.
837939
It looks the same during the day no matter what you do unfortunately, the seller emailed me about my complaint and actually told me to take the picture OFF of the wall and take it outside to absorb full on light. Lets be honest, why would you need to do that every time? It's simply ridiculous! My house has so much natural lighting I never need to use lights except for night time. Nothing worked.
556906
I've gotten a few wonderful shots of the moon. It's awful bulky, heavy and unless you can do 5 things at once it takes a lot of tries to get the shot but its worth the hassel. I bought it for one thing and found out I can't use it for what I bought it so I'm going to sell mine.
57578
I have taken 250-300 photos in daylight, on one charge. I do not ever remember the camera being heavy on battery usage.
1205530
It's a lens no? It's not good in low light, it's f6.3 or f12 therefore you really need full sun or really bright light to make use of this lens. I have successfully used it hand held at 1000mm ISo 1600 In noonday sun. Otherwise you will need a tripod even in sun.
1054322
a friend suggested the Fz70. He has a lot more experience than I do. I find it amazing! I can take hand held pictures of the moon and you can see all the craters and the mountains around the edges. Its a little slow for most of my work but Iif you want great close ups (I've taken images on pill bottles within an inch of the label) I don't think you can beat it even if you wanted to pay a lot more.
1811712
I took some AMAZING picture on a virtually black night with just a little bit of moon. Be careful, though -- you need to use a tripod. Above 200 ISO the images are very noisy, and the image stabilization only works down to about 1/8 second. But with a good tripod you can go to a multiple second exposure.
380694
I agree that the camera does not work well at all in the dark but is fine in daylight and hope that will be upgraded or improved in future versions. Other cameras might work better for night but mine does go off if senses motion.
111993
I use a Canon 7D. This will work using the "B" (bulb) setting. I've used it for moon shots and infrared exposures - all 10 to 20 second exposures.