How is video in low light situations?
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It's a portable video camera with no built-in light nor adjustable aperture or ISO, in short it does not work well on low light condition. Low light photography requires flashes if you need a bright image and the same is true with low light videography. Don't expect a crisp image/video if you're shooting in low light condition without using a separate light setup. Search YouTube for shooting rigs for this video camera and you will notice that everyone that uses this camera semi professionally have external lighting setup. This is not a camera for you if you will use this for low light videography unless you use an external light source or upgrade to a professional video camera with changeable lens and built in light.
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Some reviewers say it is not good indoors in artificial light. I find the quality picture indoors superior to videos taken outdoors. Very pleased with how it operates in indoor lighting.
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No. Although the camera is very capable at low lights, its capability is limited to slow moving subjects because the camera's sutter speed slows down to compensate with low lights.
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Oh yeah!! With the low aperture, the background is all blur so it makes the video look great. You just have to get used to the manual focus, so you don't loose focus.
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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.
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yes. this is a good camera in low light.I used sensitivity up to 6400 and I got good noise all the way through
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If you aren't using the NiteShot mode, it is very poor in low light. Extremely grainy and nigh unviewable. NightShot works brilliantly, though.
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If you are using the camera normally, lighting is as important as it is with any other camera. Using the infared mode, it seems to work a little better in low light than total darkness as the infared (on my camera at least) is not very strong. You get about 5-6 visual at most depending on your angle in total dark where as you might get 10 to 20 feet in low light, but it may be harder to distinguish things at the greater distances.
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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.
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Works great in low light, but depends on the lens you use and what your shooting.
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No Video light, it only has a Flash used by the Still Photo mode. It has the high-gain mode, which brightens the footage. But you will need decent/extra lighting when shooting indoors for best results.
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Depends on definition of "Low" light. Inside buildings with artificial/natural light, works very well. In darkened areas where you think you might need a flash, it will still take very good pictures. The camera does give you a red warning if the light is too low to be acceptable with out flash.
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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 ?
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You could probably change the ISO/shutter/aperture settings to compensate for low lighting, but I usually set it to Auto mode, and I feel it's not bad. I can still see relatively well although it's rather noisy/fuzzy (it hardly bothers me, but I usually try to avoid low lighting anyways).
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I have not used the flash for video, but for my experience using it you're not gonna get much of long range.
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It really depends on what you are doing. Video in low light is not going to look good. High speed video in low light will look terrible. But stills in a dark bar or bowling alley look fantastic for a small camera by using the "Best Shot" feature set to "High Speed Night Scene and Portrait." It takes two photos back to back, (wait for both flashes) and combines them. While it does not match the quality of a DSLR with a wide aperature, it takes a much better photo than you could ever hope for with a phone and this camera still fits in your pocket.
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Yes, the camera works fine in normal light conditions. Don't expect amazing quality however. This model offers video recording only, not FPV.
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Not a lot of actual low light use but based upon my relatively limited use, no factor. Camera has been simply outstanding in every respect!