how is this camera at taking pictures of kids? Also how is it in a low light/indoor setting?
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took pictures in the house, across two rooms, with just the Christmas lights and television on, (40 feet or so) zooming in on signatures on paintings, dad's eyebrows while he watched football, brother eating, UGH! so clear that brother was embarrassed, and dad combed his eyebrows. not kidding. went hiking on a seriously overcast day and took some striking photos in the forest. so far, I am thrilled with this. the painting signatures took several tries because I was so far from the paintings that my breath effected movement
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I did have some trouble at first with the lighting in different rooms, but I found that if I take the reference pictures in different places, it worked much better. Take your 16 pictures, delete some of them, and take more in a different location (another room, day/nite, or outside). As for the color overall, I haven't had much trouble. As with any camera that has no flash, the more light, the better.
2086679
It takes decent pictures w/o flash but not in super low lighting conditions.
682871
If you have a f/1.8 lens and decent lighting, yes, this thing is a beast indoors. Failing that, high ISO performance is good but not great, I wouldn't recommend going above 1000 if you can avoid it. I love this camera and for the price you can't do much better.
407529
This camera will take indoor photos. You may need a tripod if not using the built-in flash and you are not too steady holding the camera.
50980
Low Light Performance indoors is good in my opinion. The flash works great. I can finally take photos indoors in really low light, without having to turn on all the lights in the room. Zoom is great also. I really love this camera. I really wanted to take action shots of my dogs running and playing. And the action shots are incredible. No blur. Really crisp.
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Depends on how well lit the "inside" is at the moment the photos are taken. I'd used it in museums where no flash was allowed, and had to increase the ISO to about 1600 to get clear shots. Photos taken at ISO 1600 on this camera is acceptably good with a bit of noise but not too bad. Also, do use a faster lens with a wider aperture, such as the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 pancake lens.
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I bought this camera (ZS40) recently. In my experience, (I use the iA setting) the day time photos were very good although the night time (low light) photos were not very good; they had 'noise'. However, the video clips were very good and, I like the optical zoom of 30 times.
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None. Lol. If you're looking for crisp pics, this isn't the camera for you. I bought this for a brilliant four year old boy and with natural light, his pics came out pretty good. With low light in the home, it's ok as well. Definitely not crisp, but clear enough to see what he took a pic of. For the record, he loves it and figured out how to work it in a few mins.
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Hey how is the noise level in low light for video and pictures? Also can you tell me if there's a shutter lag?
928845
I have used my camera for a bit of indoor shooting (filming industrial equipment for mechanical disgnosis), and the camera seems to work fine with normal indoor lighting. Based on my experience with the GoPro, the image quality is as good or better.
653990
I found that it took better pictures in bright light or outside. Low indoor light provided the most challenges, when trying to get a good shot. I found the closer I was to the subject, the better the picture. There are modes you can use on the camera to compensate and enable you to get a good indoor photo. Good luck.
958105
It isn't bad at all! more of a camera for simple recording, i use it for recording sporting events in high light areas
788650
Yes. This is very much a low light camera, with both a 'fast' lens (f1.8 wide angle to f2.8 at full zoom) and fast film speeds (up to around ISO 2000 without serious pixelation). If your specific need is a low light camera for indoor use where the (only) 5x zoom is not a limitation then this is probably as good as you'll find.
1199805
The camera is good. I've used it for instagram and posting to fb. Sometimes it looks grainy but need to make sure the settings are on the highest resolution/pixels possible.
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My kids are 5 and 4 and love it. We just let them take and delete any picture they want. Make sure you get rechargable batteries! If they are moving the picture does nto turn out great. That is the biggest challenge for the kids. Must not move arms while pressing button.
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Some reviewers say it is not good indoors in artificial light. I find the quality picture indoors superior to videos taken outdoors. Very pleased with how it operates in indoor lighting.