Night or lowlight pictures with this? Does this model do a better job like on par with a film camera?
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Get the Fuji F40. around $175. There is no comparison from other manufacturers at twice the cost.
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I have been using this camera for a good bit of time now. In my experience, the low light capabilities are acceptable for me, but it is not super by any means. With headlights and streets lights it works reasonably well. Even the colors like the sodium vapor street lights and the traffic signals show well. Don't count on moonlight for good performance. Its not anywhere as good as night vision technology in comparison. Don't expect that.
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It does work in low lighting but it depends on the distance and if its on the manual modes. anything other then the manual...you will get grainy photos.
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Best for low light is a Digital SLR camera, or to go film based. They have the highest ISO ratings with the lowest actual noise when using those modes. Beware specs, as some ISO modes are simply unusable. The Digital SLRs use a bigger sensor which means less electrical noise and more light actually falling on each pixel as each pixel isn't as small as the small point and shoots. Also you can connect lenses that gather more light. You can even connect a telescope if you want. In fact this is waht many do for astrophotography (star) photography. I could go on... Personally I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT and love it. And I love taking night shots of cites. The latest low priced DSLR Canon is the Rebel XTi.
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This camera is great in low light if you use the flash. Without the flash the photo will come out a little dark. Trust me; you'll love this camera :)
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I've only taken one low light photo, and it turned out well. However, I still would not recommend this camera. It's heavy and not particularly user friendly.
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It depends on your definition of low light and picture use. I love the results, I shot at a school musical (Les Miss) (GX7 + 20mm f1.7) with excellent results (I can send you originals for your review at your request). The BEST option for low light will be a large format camera with very bright lenses, (maybe a Hasselblad?). I don't like to set the ISO over 1600, but the camera goes up to 25000. What is your current camera?, what will you measure the results aganist? What is your budget?, What will the pictures be used for?
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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!
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Sona, This camera does that and more. There are many, many features - both auto and manual that will allow you to take night shots and low light scenes. Enjoy.
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low light recording is good as long as you do not zoom. The bigger the aperture of the lens the better quality of the picture
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Yes, you can get pretty good pics under low light conditions. I've tried similar cameras, and I didn't get better quality pics than the ones I've got from the WX50.
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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
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Yes, I just got mine. Going to shoot some video tests this weekend with it. It has good low-light abilities.
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I have taken at least 100 photos withe Sony CX260V. Daylight photos are acceptable but not the quality I would want if I was using a 8-9 meg pixal camera. Low Light shots are worse than expected. I am working with the camera now to learn how to use the manual features instead of auto features and have been able to make some improvements in picture quality. Even better on the video recording side using the manual feature settings versus auto. Basically - it is a decent HD video camcorder with a camera feature that is nice to have when you do not want to carry two cameras.
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Depends on definition of "Low" light. Inside buildings with artificial/natural light, works very well. In darkened areas where you think you might need a flash, it will still take very good pictures. The camera does give you a red warning if the light is too low to be acceptable with out flash.
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That depends on how close you are to the stage (light source). The best camera in low light photography is the Sony A7S.
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http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_coolpix_p520_review/image_quality/I havent tried the Nikon but this Sony is pretty good in low light video , no zoom noise ,its pretty quiet . But I believe for big portraits, full fledge photographers wont recomment this Sony model but I wont be blowing up pictures with this camera.The Fz200 is a panasonic model has a shutter speed of 15 seconds while Nikon is 8 seconds, so I would say Nikon is better but Sony has 4 seconds shutter speed , so for night photgraphy Sony is the best in the group .