Night Shooting: Is the G7 really able to take good night shots?
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I took some AMAZING picture on a virtually black night with just a little bit of moon. Be careful, though -- you need to use a tripod. Above 200 ISO the images are very noisy, and the image stabilization only works down to about 1/8 second. But with a good tripod you can go to a multiple second exposure.
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As I don't own a G11 per say, but got to handle a "sample" one in a store, I don't know the lighting aspects in all light. However, because of the wide color+alpha ranges the G510s is capable of, you can get dimmed colors and VERY bright colors. Even in sunlight many light settings come through.
1121867
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
107510
No. Night vision is all black and white (more grey). Fairly good pictures, though.
380694
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, If you want a camera to take color night pictures you will need a camera with a white flash. A white flash will spook deer. Moultrie makes a model 880C that takes color night pictures.
609060
It takes fine pictures at night. It isn't SLR quality, and occasionally even my iPhone does as well, but where it really shines is under water. We dropped ours in 36ft off of the bow of our sailboat and it did fine, even after spending several hours down there until we could recover it (no dive gear on the boat and that is beyond my free diving capability). It is still a point and shoot with a small lens. I am happy with it, but it is far from a perfect camera. Our Canon SLR is superior, but that is to be expected. Its a great travel camera for those active moments where you can't take an SLR.
1176332
Yes - the night vision capability is controlled by the camera not the base system.
2116419
I have had pretty good luck with night shots, however it only works if there's a little light to work with. I have put my camera in an area where there's a lot of over growth and No moon light and my pictures are also dark.If the area is open and there's some light to work with its pretty good in my opinion.
941930
I use it with my D7000 for sports and I am able to shoot for night games as well. Works fine for me.
560715
Yes, i am very impressed with this night vision setup. It does take some adjusting to get the focus right, but it works well. Ignore all the negative posts about it being only Gen 1.
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No it does not. This camera and others with IR lights on them only reflect light on the front window making the video even worse. To get good night time video you want a camera with WDR or Wide Dynamic Range or something close to WDR like HDR. If you are on a budget I wouldn't buy anything cheaper then a G1W here on Amazon ASIN B00FONBG1A or if you want a really nice camera I would look at something from VicoVation like the WF1 or Marcus 1
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The G15 is a very capable camera. It has lots of features you find in a DSLR, including shooting in manual mode. Check the users manual on how to do it, but speed up the shutter and open the aperture. That lets in as much light as possible in as short a period of time as possible, which reduces the amount of motion in your shot.
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Not 100% sure, so far all of the pictures seem to turn out great but I haven't taken that many at night time yet.
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Yes! Very much so. I use it for moonrises. I think it has a limit of 300 shots.
2161867
Yes, Sony's Night Shot feature is actually the best thing on the market that I know of, as far as a video camera that's fairly priced for consumers. But, one thing to remember when filming in Night Shot mode is that you will need extra infrared lighting to "brighten" your recording, to record the video at it's best so you can see really good details in your video. Don't just rely on the camera's built-in night vision alone, get extra lighting like you see on TV. I have 2 extra infrared lights going when I film in complete darkness and it looks pretty good just like on TV (Ghost Adventure shows, etc) and I'm satisfied with the quality of Sony's video cameras.
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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.