I have to take a lot of outside low light pictures. how well will this camera perform for me?
309452
I cover High School sports, and in teh fall that means football, outside, at night, in varying light conditions. I typically run ISO3200, and the camera works fantastic. The camera is overall far better than I had hoped, and the pictures are fantastic.
684990
I think the low light ability is fairly good. Once the light level drops below a certain level, the camera automatically switches to B/W.
801688
This is an excellent camera. I have been using it since it was first launched. It can definitely handle low light, however I would recommend a fast lens. That will be the key to keeping the the dreaded noise out of your pictures with higher ISO. Aa far as documents. I would definitely think this would be a great camera to use. I would invest in a tripod though and possibly a macro lens.
547719
This is a lens for outdoors in good light. It won't work in low light. Get a lens with a lot f stop to do low light photography. Eg 20mm 1.7f
2265612
The pics in low light are excellent....and the built-in flash, should you care to use it, is compensating!
1343484
Unfortunately I don't know the answer. We have just started using it and haven't had the chance to use it in low light. We do think it's a really cool camera though.
80873
It's a little dark in bright light but seeing it hasn't been a problem for me, it is better than most camera's in bright light. The camera seems to be optimized to take pictures outside and in bright light. It takes very poor indoor pictures or pictures with dark lighting.
1825474
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.
291657
It isn't bad in low light, just use a wide angle lens to use as much light in the area as possible and you shouldn't have any problems.
939836
I agree. Make sure your lens is decent. Other than that it takes great photos!
77698
It is difficult to say, and the question is pretty subjective given that we don't know exactly how much light is available and what level of image quality you are looking for. Like most cameras in its class, this camera has a relatively small image sensor, so shooting in low light situations is not its strong suit. But the camera does ok, and will likely be better than shooting with a cell phone camera or similar. It won't be nearly as good as shooting with something in a DSLR class, however, which will have an image sensor several times the size of this one.
892803
This camera has performed in all situations for us. We were new to the SLR. Yes in home and outdoors it has done very well with all light situations
31096
This may not be the right camera. Any camera in this range might not perform well in low light condition. You might want to invest in Mirror Less cams, starts with $450 I gues. Do not expect to have great zoom in them.
1477842
Have not driven under those conditions but overall the camera has excellent low light capability. At night the camera view is always much brighter than the actual light level. I am very happy with the low light recordings.
1138633
I am a home inspector and take many photos in dark attics and crawlspaces. I have used many cameras over the years and am very happy with the quality of the pictures it takes in dark areas. My suggestion to ensure good performance is to set the flash to always come on when taking pics in the dark. The auto flash sometimes will not come on if there is a light source present. In my case if I have my flashlight on in a dark area. Not only does it take good low light pictures but I have found that it is very durable and the mechanical lens seems to hold up very well to dust and dirt. Overall in this price range this is the best camera I have found that does not carry the expense and inconvenience of battery packs. I hope this has been a helpful answer.
1908114
Not a lot of actual low light use but based upon my relatively limited use, no factor. Camera has been simply outstanding in every respect!
2150139
Does pretty well in low light; however I always shoot raw and post process in Lightroom 5.