How is the video in low light?
811451
Did not try so much, recording videos at low light, but the ones I shot came out pretty good. Pictures in low light is great.
811452
I've taken video on the street with no light except the street lights and its pretty amazing. I got this camera in January and I'm still in love with it.
1466714
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.
434488
Yes, I just got mine. Going to shoot some video tests this weekend with it. It has good low-light abilities.
788648
Yes! Awesome low-light w/o flash pictures, best I've seen on a point/shoot cam.
697544
I think like 4.0 it is really good in low light. A close second to my Alfa a6000
2265612
The pics in low light are excellent....and the built-in flash, should you care to use it, is compensating!
1791391
A lot depends on lighting. In the house, about 10 - 15' away under good lighting conditions & no backlight (behind the object) to skew the video. Under dim lighting, it's hard to capture a good image from any length. The video is grainy at best.
1609357
I have not taken to much video with this camera, mainly because I would rather have a real video camera, but for a digital camera it's not that bad. I have taken one video indoors, and footage itself didnt seem to dark. There was very little light in the room, but the camera was very good with adjusting to that. But it likes to go through baterries like it's cool when you do take video.
111690
I've only taken one low light photo, and it turned out well. However, I still would not recommend this camera. It's heavy and not particularly user friendly.
1477842
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.
1576341
I have taken at least 100 photos withe Sony CX260V. Daylight photos are acceptable but not the quality I would want if I was using a 8-9 meg pixal camera. Low Light shots are worse than expected. I am working with the camera now to learn how to use the manual features instead of auto features and have been able to make some improvements in picture quality. Even better on the video recording side using the manual feature settings versus auto. Basically - it is a decent HD video camcorder with a camera feature that is nice to have when you do not want to carry two cameras.
1466710
I really haven't seen to many camcorders not suffer in low light and I know mine does pretty bad.
2228813
No this camera do not work well in low light. If you need it to make good pictures it wont work for you. I bought this tablet about a month and is fast for what I use it, mail, read books, videos. I recommend it but not for the cameras.
13750
In a room under daylight without additional lighting the video is average. In dim light or darkness, the video can be marginal.
1078012
I just posted some pics of the convention on Amazon. Actually, the low light performance is pretty good after taking the RAW image through Adobe Lightroom.
1466715
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 ?
1352344
Yes it's great in low light. I've taken pictures in pitch black with the flash and they turned out great!