What is the quality of videos recorded at night or in dim lighting?
452766
fair to poor - you are only going to get so much with bad lighting. it is a great camera over all for the money. You need to buy pro camera's for night and dim lighting work.
452767
About as good as you can get with an iPhone 4 Camera, so basically grainy and poor.
116709
yes this camera DOES NOT record ...provides great video.... no night (dark) video - must have some light to produce a picture==== hope this helps you
1039205
My wife and I took decent video in a dark hotel in Germany that some consider haunted. It seems to record well if there is any light. It parallels or just exceeds our eye sight.
928846
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.
1117294
You will get the best results in normal daylight conditions. Not recommended for recording in low light conditions.
2260302
In that kind of environment, where you're standing in the dark but the kids on stage are lit, it performs very well. In fact, we had a concert at my church a couple weeks ago and I shot in those precise conditions... and the pictures turned out great! Oh... don't be afraid to bump your ISO, even up to 3200, and you should be fine. ヅ
1184895
Hi Dennis, Low-light scenarios is a general issue with personal video cameras. Simply put, you can not expect the same video quality for low light conditions as for sunshine day recordings. I have Canons HF11 and am actually quite impressed how good the quality of the low light sensitivity became nowadays (I am recording fireworks). Under which conditions are you taking a video, whats the object ?
2066425
Yes, however the recordings can be faint if the people are a more Than a meter from the device and yes it does record at night
1591807
I have not tried night time pictures yet, the pictures I have taken are very good though, I would imagine night time would not make too much difference. 16 MP and a very compact design are the highlights as well as the lithium rechargeable battery. Very economical, and a very good overall camera.
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I agree with "The New Mexican" his reponce was spot on. the camera records untill the SD card is filled. if there is a lot of activity then the camera fill's up and you may get and hour of filming. At night the video is grainey, poor but if you know what you are looking for you can get fairly good evidance.
1466711
Take a look at all my videos uploaded on my youtube channel. Everything from nightsight to sunset and every hour of the day and every lighting condition. This will show you how the HDR-SR12 can handle low light (and everything else).www.youtube.com/jgong8638
369051
I do not think it has night shot. However, it has a night or low light setting in the auto mode. I have been satisfied with the quality of videos shot in low light.
1957706
They work great in low light...I've used them at night driving, and in the bedroom,great footage ;-)
1765206
Hello, Terry, I utilize the camera to film my YouTube cooking show. It does seem to have a problem maximizing standard light sources (apartment lighting), which might impact your filming. I have personally struggled to get the light sensors to create bright video even when every light in the kitchen is on. On the plus side, the camera does produce high quality, very large image files. It works for YouTube, but how it would translate to a full blown filming depends on if you are utilizing industry lighting or shooting in bright sunlight. If so, it should work well. If you are going to film in low light or darkened outdoor conditions, you might want to search elsewhere.
1146246
I have been able to see nighttime shots but they are quite grainy as would be expected. IT does recognize movement and take video when there is no light, yes.
295758
yes I think so?? I record in hd cuse I want to see if I pic up any thing that gives off uv or ir lighting...at any time of day but it look funnyto see the green plants looking like thay do
712703
Image quality during the daytime is fine; in sunlight, great and the lighting adjusts automatically. Nighttime, I find that viewing the camera in MJPEG mode rather than H.264 mode produces a more watchable picture. Still grainy, but not smeary as with H.264 in the dark. It's just the difference in how the image is encoded. This is not a very good camera overall for viewing in the dark, in general.