How does this perform in night or low light? Most of the cameras work fine in full day light outdoors but not so rich picture indoors and night time. Your experience regarding this feature using this cam is appreciated.ThanksManohar How does this perform in night or low light? Most of the cameras work fine in full day light outdoors but not so rich picture indoors and night time. Your experience regarding this feature using... » Read More How does this perform in night or low light? Most of the cameras work fine in full day light outdoors but not so rich picture indoors and night time. Your experience regarding this feature using this cam is appreciated.ThanksManohar « Show Less
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Well so far, I have had terrible luck recording indoors. I have seen test on youtube and elsewhere, that display otherwise though. Many of the other reviewers seem to be getting better image quality than me.
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you can't expect to leave the camera on IA mode and have it do everything for you. Need to use manual modes to achieve the results that you want. Experiment with the manual modes and see what they do. Chances are in bright or low light situations your going to find that manual mode will get you the results you're looking for once you're familiar with the settings. Good Day mate.
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Yes, this camera performs well in low light settings.. You just need to familiarize yourself with the different settings (fyi - there is a setting for "low light"). I agree with Paul's response -- it does a pretty decent job even with the flash turned off.
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Hi Mikieb: I'm sorry to tell you mine is the same during the daytime. I have not been able to adjust. It does show objects very well at night but during the daytime the only colors i can pick up are red, green and black. The other colors are distingueshed better than the black and white cameras, but not like watching tv. I havent been able to adjust for a clear color.
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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
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I am no expert on night vision tech. That said when you activate the infared feature you get a really bright image. It seem to be a little fuzzy. but that could be me. Zero in at what ever rough distance you will be using it and blast away. What ever you get beats shooting in the dark.
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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
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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 Andrew, The camcorder has a Night Scene mode to shoot Night scenery but doesn't have night vision. - Vincent
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The 4 units I own have good quality day or night. The areas I have covered are also assisted by some additional area lighting (one 60w light in the back yard, and a 250w sodium street light near my driveway) which may contribute to the quality of the night vision. If possible, I'd recommend adding some additional lighting to assist the nighttime vision. If that doesn't work, then you may have a defective camera. These cameras will display only black and white at night (no color).
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What is "less than optimal light"? Is it indoor lighting? Is it outdoor street lighting? Haven't had a chance to shoot in the night with the weather outside. Indoor, it seems be fine.
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I have used it at night on light city street and the recording is quite clear but have never used on a dark country road. I live outside of NYC so all of the streets are light up. Hope this help you. For the record recording during daytime is excellent. A good buy.
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Hi Joel, i re-read what other people say about this cam..pls read Vance Marshall's comments too, it sums up what poorly it does. the touch screen is not as responsive. it doesn't function in indoor low lighting..its program robot kept focusing in low light, in fact won't do the job afterall. i didnt return this cuz the hassle of returning + it's only a hundred bux..i tried it in well lit indoor, the resulting photo was grainy. i know what im talking about cuz i also own a D-90..this is only CUTE AND TINY..is all..not for a real photographer..i bought another coolpix before = S3000 cuz of Ashton Kutcher commercial..that sucked too! i gave it away..the only reason i kept buying Nikon is bc the big dslr's are good..aside from D90 i have a d5100.. this sounds ridiculous telling i have cameras..i am just comparing the cool pix to dslrs..hope this helps!
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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.
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Yes, it has good capability to capture photo at night during video capture simultaniously. I was in a indoor function, my battery was down for my still camera. i took photo using this. it was good. But dont expect like a SLR one.
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The camera does a decent job once is fully dark, but during the change from day to dark is a little bit washed, also sometimes the motion sensor triggers with put actual motion with in the field of view. I am currently twiking the sensor levels
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Do these cam's zoom in and out? Does the inferred work on total darkness? can you see all cams at once either on your computer or your phone? And most importantly are they wireless? During the day does it show color? And at night its black & white of course right? Can anyone help me here, if this does not have everything i just described, ive gotten ones before and returned them because of there not this! and its a must i have all of this.
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I agree with j-rob. Does anyone know how the newer model (HDR-XR500V) performs in low-light situations? They claim the Exmor-R sensor helps with these situations. It's too bad there's no easy or cost-effective way to upgrade. I'm not in the position to spend another $1k+ for a new camcorder that handles low-light.