How does this do at night? Like with star time lapse pictures.
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If you are referring to long exposure for star trails, this camera does not have a bulb setting, so it is limited to the standard shutter settings of up to 60 seconds, not a very long trail. I did see where one guy combined shots to create the trails, but with the multiple shots, the trails were dashes. If you are referring to time lapse video, this camera does have an automated feature that allows one to take photos at user specified intervals and turn them into a video at user specified frame rates. I have had fun with this feature, but I haven't done it at night.
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I never got to use it for that purpose. I actually decided to return the Panasonic and go with a Canon T3i 60D DSLR.
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If you are referring to long exposure for star trails, this camera does not have a bulb setting, so it is limited to the standard shutter settings of up to 60 seconds, not a very long trail. I did see where one guy combined shots to create the trails, but with the multiple shots, the trails were dashes.If you are referring to time lapse video, this camera does have an automated feature that allows one to take photos at user specified intervals and turn them into a video at user specified frame rates. I have had fun with this feature, but I haven't done it at night.
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Friend the camera records very well in low light day. At night you have to putting on an extra lamp for darkness. and where artificial light very well ... records It is an excellent camera.
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Indoor shots and dark night outside photos came out great. This camera has a night setting.
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It will record at night, but the image quality is poor at best. It does not really have night LED's. The length of time the machine will record depends on the size SD card one installs in the unit - 8GB - 16GB -32 GB. Once the card is full the unit will re-record over what was previously recorded.
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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.
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I have not tried night-time recording, but I will now that you mentioned it. My experience with poor quality in low light is in my basement. I have two lamps with 60-watt bulbs in a fair-sized room. The result is a grainy image and inconsistent color rendering.
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i dont know i kinda think to test it nightime but when i turn on the dash cam i see a dark not bright picture maybe i need to do something about the settings but when i take out the sd card its kinda 720p i will try nightime i just want to make sure this is the one i like
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I know your post is old compaired to my answer here but if you go to my webshots webpage you'll see some night shots I took with my Sony DSC-H2.http://community.webshots.com/user/Lenny56759
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I agree that the camera does not work well at all in the dark but is fine in daylight and hope that will be upgraded or improved in future versions. Other cameras might work better for night but mine does go off if senses motion.
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No this camcorder does not have night shooting capabilities. It does very well in low light conditions though. I have recorded street scenes very successfully with nothing more than the street lights themselves.
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I should add that I have done night indoor photos of kids dancing with great results. No night game photos but I can't imagine it won't do a great job based on what I've done so far.
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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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There are small infrared lights for night time vision. It's not too bright but bright enough for the camera
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For nighttime it is fantastic, we bought a 10' collapsible screen and use it (tied to a bigger audio system) for screen-on-the-green presentations. It throws a great image even at that size. I do t know if I would use it during daylight hours.
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It does not provide great images in the dark. It is actually overly plagued with noise. I returned mine yesterday after a week.
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I too am weighing the pros and cons of these two and appreciate you starting this trend. My concern is primarily regarding pictures taken at night. Looking forward to reading more replies.
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They only come on in the dark, and there not super bright. I bought two cams and this one makes night into day for me. I use it as a rear view mirror in my truck. It's hooked into a 7" screen