does it take good videos in very dim rooms without windows?
1629855
Not sure, just for you I tried in a "dimly lit room" that has one window, and video was quite good, best I can do...
646655
It does not provide great images in the dark. It is actually overly plagued with noise. I returned mine yesterday after a week.
2238475
No. Just setting for low light filming, which IMO are very good even when there is minimal light.
111838
If you aren't using the NiteShot mode, it is very poor in low light. Extremely grainy and nigh unviewable. NightShot works brilliantly, though.
157334
Yes. It works great, the performance is relative to the lighting. If the hallway outside your door is well lit, the the images you see are better than if it is dimly lit. It would have been nice if the camera had night vision but it does not, so better lighting better picture.
150419
For me, the color comes out orangey in indoor light. I have a low end DV camera (Canon ZR850) that does much better than this in low light. You can compensate a bit with some of the controls, but of course you might have missed the shot by then. Don't expect to get anything worthwhile in completely artificially lit rooms (although bright light - e.g. school gymnasium - not a problem). I also found that the camera goes in and out of focus if the room isn't lit well enough - face recognition helped a bit.
319447
There's a lot of misunderstanding about this mode. In good light, it gives you a different curve, or look, to the colors and highlights, shadows, etc. Some people like this look, and it gives you another tool to work with. For indoor, or darker situations, the less talked about feature is the spotlight setting. This setting zeros the gain, so in low light you get terrific video with no graininess--up to a point. You need to use it with 24p. The camera has lots of settings, so you really can't lose. For events--concerts, indoors, school plays, etc, the spotlight setting is a real pro feature.
1406544
You in fact do not have to be in a well lighted room for it to work, due to IR tech. The amount of movement required for response is extremely minimal, and can be adjusted in the setup software. I use mine for MSFSX, and the only problem I've encountered is when I have shiny stuff behind me in its field of view. Enjoy, this is a great product.
493674
Well so far, I have had terrible luck recording indoors. I have seen test on youtube and elsewhere, that display otherwise though. Many of the other reviewers seem to be getting better image quality than me.
1646873
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
1924986
It depends on the lighting. I have filmed indoors with decent lighting and when I upload it doesnt look hd either. Although when I am outside, the quality is very good
899577
Pretty bad. You can use it for simple videos & pictures, but don't expect great quality or resolution.
1635857
Not with the small wonder, just make sure you can eyeball environments the have sufficient light for your video's, there are no adjustments on the small wonder. I'm certain that there are some video viewing software that can do some minor editing, but if you have that, why are you using an inexpensive video camera. The Small Wonder is a small convenient fairly good "inexpensive" video camera. Just use it as such, besides, in my experience, sometimes it's better if you can't see everything in focus, clear & bright.
1819803
Not in the sense of a night vision binoculars, but it does take pictures and video in low light conditions.
615090
I don't like this camera. I shoot inside and there's tons of light coming through the living room window and it's still grainy. I think a video camera is just one of those things you can't go cheap on.
928846
Not well. The camera seems to be ideal for bright environments. I tried to capture some low-light under-water scenes and the camera recorded just black.
11594
Depends how close you are and how dark. It works well when inside and 5-10 feet away from screen for PowerPoint presentations. Never used it for video or outdoors.