Can I just "point and shoot" with this camera in poorly lighted indoor basketball gyms?...and get good pictures.
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It really depends on the lens, I would say that it would struggle to focus with the kit lens in poor light. The camera is a contrast focus AF system, not phase detect so low light is more problematic. Other than that it is a very nice camera. I use mine less often now that I have the Olympus E-M1.
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Hi, it depends on what you mean for good pictures: magazine quality or what size prints? The e-m10 can still rock at ISO1600, even ISO3200 but you should use a fast lens like the new 40-150mm f/2.8 ($1,500) and be truly familiar with the proper technique (this is not point-and-shoot territory)
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Daytime photos/video are great. However, night time would be a problem...the quality is not good.... I would not recommend it for that purpose.....hope I helped answer your concerns...
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Hi Lisa, I took pictures at an indoor water park. The pictures came out okay. I just scrapbook the pictures, I don't typically blow them up to 5x7 or 8x10. So, for my use the pictures are fine. The fast movements were a little blurry. I have not taken any underwater pictures yet. I took the camera outside for our school snow days. Those pictures in the sunlight were bright and colorful. The fast movements came out okay. I have a few inside pictures during the day and they look pretty good. I have one picture taken at night in my bedroom. My navy blue shirt looks great, but my face is a little orange/yellow and the bedroom in the background is not crisp at all. I think the lighting is responsible for that. I have a few movies on the camera, but can't play them. They are MOV. I tried Quicktime, movie maker, media player. I'll have to play around with it. I hope I don't have to convert these. So, at the moment I can't give you any information on the movies. I wanted the camera to take out to the pool and so far it seems like it will work great for our use. Please let me know if I can help with any else. I'm not sure what you mean by artifacts. I don't think graininess is an issue, but I'm just a mom taking pictures of kids and my photography knowledge is limited.
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They have light in gyms but it's not good light. The lights they use often cause a strange tint. UNLESS you have a camera that does manual white balance like this one does. Hopefully that feature will make everything okay.I switched my order from amazon directly to butterflyphoto through amazon. Delivery estimate is before the 1st. I am hoping to video a gymnastics performance on the 5th. Here's hoping the HD performs well.
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Yes. This camera works well indoor, but when I placed it outdoor - about 30' to 40'- there's no picture or video. Also, this is not a PTZ as advertised; it's a PT only. And, like the other comments, I'm puzzled why the glass cover moves in a pan/tilt, instead of just the camera.
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Haven't tried using in a gym setting....but, indoor non-flash photos are excellent. Surprising light gathering abilities of camera make these shots easy and of very good quality and moving shots necessarily show the motions.
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Yes but only as a modeling light, it won't give off enough light to shoot some photos that you might want.
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I need to take rodeo team pictures of a large group of kids in a indoor arena that would be low light. Could I do this with a tamron 17-50
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I don't like this camera. I shoot inside and there's tons of light coming through the living room window and it's still grainy. I think a video camera is just one of those things you can't go cheap on.
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ken....absolutely....just put the setting on the camera icon / push the shutter button to start / again to stop. it shoots pretty good quality video, too ! upload it to your computer as a gif file/avi file & watch it from there . i taped my son playing tennis with good audio & video quality.
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Thats great that you want to take photos. this camera's lighting is perfect for indoors and outdoors. This camera will definitely do the job. Trust me, you wont be sorry for your purchase
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Not well. The camera seems to be ideal for bright environments. I tried to capture some low-light under-water scenes and the camera recorded just black.
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Yes. The company also has great customer service. I have been having a problem with indoor camera and they have been very helpful in correcting it. We finally could not correct it and they replaced camera.
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Again, the trick is to pre-focus. You point the camera at a particular spot, such as under the hoop in a basketball game. Press the shutter down half-way and wait for the focus confirmation light to come on. Hold the shutter until the players enter the frame and then press it down the rest of the way. There is still about 1/3 or 1/2 second of "lag", so trial and error is necessary. Out of 200 sports photos, I hope to get 50 that are "good" and maybe 5 photos that are "great". With a professional level camera, the percentage of successful shots would double....for five times the price. Again, the trick is to pre-focus. You point the camera at a particular spot, such as under the hoop in a basketball game. Press the shutter down half-way and wait for the focus confirmation light to come on. Hold the shutter until the players enter the frame and then press it down the rest of the way. There is still about 1/3 or 1/2 second of "lag", so trial and error is necessary. Out of 200 sports photos, I hope to get 50 that are "good" and maybe 5 photos that are "great". With a professional level camera, the percentage of successful shots would... » Read More Again, the trick is to pre-focus. You point the camera at a particular spot, such as under the hoop in a basketball game. Press the shutter down half-way and wait for the focus confirmation light to come on. Hold the shutter until the players enter the frame and then press it down the rest of the way. There is still about 1/3 or 1/2 second of "lag", so trial and error is necessary. Out of 200 sports photos, I hope to get 50 that are "good" and maybe 5 photos that are "great". With a professional level camera, the percentage of successful shots would double....for five times the price. « Show Less
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For me, the color comes out orangey in indoor light. I have a low end DV camera (Canon ZR850) that does much better than this in low light. You can compensate a bit with some of the controls, but of course you might have missed the shot by then. Don't expect to get anything worthwhile in completely artificially lit rooms (although bright light - e.g. school gymnasium - not a problem). I also found that the camera goes in and out of focus if the room isn't lit well enough - face recognition helped a bit.
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Yes, the indoor photos are pretty good, not SLR, but better than a smartphone. It is a nice all around camera.
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Yes, depending on your product (size/color, etc...), with the right distance and # of lights, it should be good for almost anything. For me it was barely good enough for some modeling photos, which require much higher film speed due to some movement... but for inanimate objects, use a tripod and you should be good for almost anything, anywhere. I even use one of these units to enhance light for indoor table tennis!