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Best Digi Cam for night pics?

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Auto shutter speed is 1/30s, and I know it. If something is close enough, I can hold it still enough, but not at full zoom. Not to mention a moving subject. It's a slightly tough shot, but after a few thousand images, anybody should be able to make the manual adjustments. In the end, you've still GOT to have a bright lens or you're screwed.
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Is this what you had in mind? Shot it just this morning. No pocket camera could have done that. You need a nice, big, fast lens, which will never fit in your shirt pocket. I set mine to ISO 100, 1/60s exposure, at a wide open F2.4, full zoom, from at least 100' away.
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the scene must have been quite bright/image quite dark for an iso100, 1/60s, F2.4 shot to come out like that...

a pocket camera should be able to capture a similar image (minus full-zoom) and still be blur-free. (i consider the Sx0's from canon to be pocketable.)
 
the bigger the sensor and lense the better. not megapixels, but actual size. bigger is less prone to noise
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Yeah, the scene was quite bright alright... :roll:
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then the image is quite dark. looking at a histogram of the image (exif viewer), i see that the image is VERY underexposed on the basis that a properly exposed image has luminosity values that span the entire 0-256 range and are not concentrated in the 0-32 range like your first image was. (with 0 representing black and 256 pure white)

all im saying is that it doesnt take a f707 to capture that image. any camera with proper iso settings and exposure compensation (or manual controls) will be able to capture a similar image.
 
For true "night shots", or shooting in complete darkness, Sony's Hologram Autofocus Assist will get the job done every time. For the low light shooting conditions you outlined, you need a camera with a fast lens, and many are available, but none will be small or cheap.
 
I read that the Sony DSC-V1 has problems with TIFF or something like that... not sure what it is but i was wondering if the Sony DSC-W1 is the newer version of the V1? it's a bit cheaper too even though it's newer.
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
For true "night shots", or shooting in complete darkness, Sony's Hologram Autofocus Assist will get the job done every time. For the low light shooting conditions you outlined, you need a camera with a fast lens, and many are available, but none will be small or cheap.
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yeah, but after about 15 feet it is useless.

<---DSC-v1 owner.
 
the hologram is only going to help with the focus - most of the time you will not have too much trouble. beyond 15ft, there is really no difference - just infinity focus.

the W1 is a cheaper and somewhat lesser featured version of the V1.
 
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