is the shutter noisey and could the flash be on the bright side if so what could you recomend
1270412
The shutter seems quiet and the "flash" is only slightly noticeable, I presume because it's mostly infrared.
1270413
No noise. No flash in the day time. the inferred light comes on at night. Deer look at it but it does not seem to bother them. The only problem I have had with this camera is not being able to open some of the long videos.
1270414
I have never heard the shutter or seen the flash. From all the game pictures I captured it sure doesn't look like they heard or saw it. The only thing that even looked at it was a black bear and I think he was just curious.
1270415
Yes it is noisy, and it has quite the flash. I had another camera across from it and saw it flash every shot at night. The noise from the shutter aroused the curiosity of a doe, I have the picture of her big eyes looking at the camera up close.
1270416
There is no shutter noise. There is no flash in the day time and from what I have observed of the night time pictures it has taken the red flash at night does not seem to bother the animals. My Camera is set to take a picture a minute and it does not seem to scare anything off.
1270417
Shutter was silent and flash is barely noticeable at dawn and dusk and shows no flash in pitch black or daylight. Two cameras in a row had a 30 sec runaway trigger and I got tired of it! I highly recommend a Moultrie M-880 w/ lithium batteries. Read the reviews on it and see what you think.
1270418
No noise and just a red glow. I've got 6 of these and love them. The bigger bucks seem to pay it less attention than yearlings and does for some reason. The runaway shutter only happens on mine when the batteries are low.
2233791
This camera does flash . . it doesn't make any noise as far as I can hear. I used this camera for a couple of years before I got one that doesn't flash and I got great photos with this one. It has a learning curve, as any trail camera does, and you can get a lot out of it if you try different things, read what the experts do and get your local animals used to it. I left mine in one place for a long time, checking it almost daily, and I found that the local animals got used to it to the point where several different individuals from several species seemed to pose for the camera. I now use, in addition to this one, one that doesn't flash and you don't have to be too sneaky with that one, but I still maintain that the Tasco 3 is a very good starter camera.
1317063
I have not noticed any issues with the flash or picture quality. i used my phone on our last vacation for all our pictures instead of carrying a big camera around. Definitely not dslr quality but the pictures were clear and good.
1804501
Yes, this is very noisy in low light and above 400 ISO. I have a friend who takes simple family snapshots with the same camera, and it's fine for her. But for myself, and probably for you, the camera is just not good enough.
773885
It is a tiny bit noisy compared to a Canon 1.2 but in reality it's just fine. The auto focus easily detects the focus point but manual focus is still better.
893425
Depends on how well lit the "inside" is at the moment the photos are taken. I'd used it in museums where no flash was allowed, and had to increase the ISO to about 1600 to get clear shots. Photos taken at ISO 1600 on this camera is acceptably good with a bit of noise but not too bad. Also, do use a faster lens with a wider aperture, such as the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 pancake lens.
725386
Are you using it in a low light situation? If the camera goes high ISO will likely see a lot of noise.
653989
I took some sample pics in the house at night with just lights on. They looked OK without the flash. I find with indoor pics I usually don't like the flash because it seems to wash out the photo.
670298
Pretty good. I don't use it for sports where I need quick follow up. I also have not tried quick follow up flash. I do notice when a camera is slower than reasonable between shots but I had no complaints. I actually bought this because my son has one which he really likes. He would definitely complain if it was slow between shots. He likes his and I have really liked mine. Just get an extra battery or two. Amazon for under $10. Hope that helps
226761
The whirring seems to be the focusing motor. Kind of bugs me to have that in the sound track of my videos. The image quality is better than the Sony SX41 (which I exchanged for this camera) but the sound on the Sony was crazy good with no sounds at all even if you listen at full volume! How about the IQ of the Canon and the sound of the Sony on one camera? :-) Gotta decide if I am going to keep this. If I don't, I'll be paying the restocking fee on both cameras.
1653151
I haven't noticed noise from the shutter, but there is some noise when the camera is turned on - I suspect from the sensor cleaning unit. Noise, however, is not usually an issue since I shoot mostly outside.
2227163
I've used it with very limited light and it does fine with mimimal noise (grain). If you shoot on TV mode at 60 speed. A tripod would of course help at that slow shutter speed.
661202
You can get some nice crisp photos/text at close range using the "Macro" setting. Need to turn the flash off though...which of course slows the shutter speed. Takeing a picture of a page is very doable though and it looks fantastic. I was really suprised when I tried it.
2215394
Compacts seem best with natural lighting. The Flash is not good for quality. But you need to stabilize the camera for lower level lighting conditions. Photoshop for best effect. Or get a good Digital SLR.
217975
My experience is that the W50 is not a great low-light camera because of the size of the glass. The marketing is TECHNICALLY correct; low-light shots don't have as much noise as they might otherwise have. But low-light shots are also not very bright! You'll need the flash pretty often indoors. The good news is that the flash is pretty natural-looking. I've been happy with how well it exposes with the flash. I generally use the reduce flash (FLASH -) setting.
111694
Yes but not moving subjects. Distant subjects are especially hard to capture without blurring the image. For casual pictures it is actually very good in low-light and rarely to I need a flash unless it is truly dark.
1659715
I bought 4 and carry one use one on my office and have a spare and gave one as a gift excellent camera! it is worth what you pay. I almost never use the flash and they are used mostly in my office for skin and wound pics. Excellent camera. I'm not a pro but I think it shoots ok in low light. I use Auto 99% of the time with flash turned off. Good luck.